This paper assesses Italy’s 2019 tax and benefit reforms, analyses hypothetical reforms and proposes a reform package … significantly strengthens Italy’s low income protection system but can also financially discourage recipients from working. The … results of the in-depth chapter of the OECD 2019 Economic Survey of Italy (2019[1]) on social and regional disparities. …

Norway’s predominately public and tuition-fee free tertiary education system encourages participation and has high … 2016 OECD Economic Survey of Norway (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-norway.htm). …

. Agriculture and rural policy in Norway needs to focus more strongly on economic sustainability alongside social sustainability … operational leeway for municipal government.This working paper relates to the 2016 OECD Economic Survey of Norway (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-norway.htm). …

Norway has a well-functioning labour market with high employment and a compressed wage distribution, contributing to … low inequality. Norway nevertheless faces challenges from a trend decline in employment rates among the young and prime … the population. Norway still faces comparatively high sick-leave absence and the share of the working-age population on …

In this paper, we explore the drivers of house prices in Norway, using a cross-country panel framework. Empirical … Norway are principally driven by market fundamentals – high household incomes, wealth, low interest rates and a growing … prices suggests that house prices in Norway have been overvalued to a degree since the global financial crisis. Some …

In Norway, sick-leave compensation and disability benefit is comprehensive and an important component of employee … benefit recipiency levels remain extraordinarily high compared with other countries. This paper compares Norway’s reform … disability benefit systems. However, it appears that Norway’s reforms have so far been rather less successful. A broad impression …