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Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

Substantial fiscal consolidation was achieved under the aegis of the 2003 Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. While deficits widened anew in 2008 and 2009, against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis, efforts to reduce them have resumed since. To ensure...

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Reducing Poverty in Chile: Cash Transfers and Better Jobs

Brandt, Nicola - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax … be quite narrowly targeted at families living in extreme poverty. Over time, the government should consider increasing … support for the poor to find jobs of decent quality will be key to help them overcome poverty in a sustainable way. Ingreso …

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A Pause in the Growth of Inequality in China?

Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the …

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Policy Options for Reducing Poverty and Raising Employment Rates in Israel

Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

Welfare-to-work measures are a central theme of Israel’s labour and social policies to tackle relative poverty, which … comparison with OECD countries, but it is not strongly enforced. Poverty among pensioners is set to fall in the future with the …

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Income Inequality and Poverty in Colombia - Part 1. The Role of the Labour Market

Joumard, Isabelle; Vélez, Juliana Londoño - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards. Income dispersion largely originates from the labour market, which is characterised by a still high unemployment rate, a pervasive informal sector and a wide wage dispersion...

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Less Income Inequality and More Growth – Are They Compatible? Part 3. Income Redistribution via Taxes and Transfers Across OECD Countries

Joumard, Isabelle; Pisu, Mauro; Bloch, Debra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

Taxes and transfers reduce inequality in disposable income relative to market income. The effect varies, however, across OECD countries. The redistributive impact of taxes and transfers depends on the size, mix and the progressivity of each component. Some countries with a relatively small tax...

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The Equity Implications of Fiscal Consolidation

Rawdanowicz, Łukasz; Wurzel, Eckhard; Christensen, Ane … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

In several OECD countries, ongoing fiscal consolidation might have a negative impact on the static income distribution. However, this conclusion should be treated only as an approximate first step in the analysis. A full assessment of distributional effects of consolidation packages would need...

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Policies for Inclusive Urbanisation in China

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...

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How to Improve Taxes and Transfers in Israel

Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Ensuring tax and transfer systems bring sufficient revenue to reach macroeconomic fiscal targets, address societal goals in re-distribution and social welfare, recognise the influence taxation has on businesses’ competitiveness and adequately address environmental externalities is a tough...

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Income Inequality and Poverty in Colombia - Part 2. The Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers

Joumard, Isabelle; Vélez, Juliana Londoño - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards. While most of the inequality originates from the labour market, wealth – and thus capital income – is also highly concentrated and the tax and transfer system has little...

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