La question posée par ce papier est la suivante : dans quelle mesure est-il souhaitable de taxer le secteur informel ? Un modèle théorique de taxation optimale permet d’abord de fournir une réponse analytique à cette question. Une version empirique du modèle permet ensuite d’estimer...

Critics of legislation requiring employers to provide paid sick days frequently argue that these measures will lead to job loss and raise the national unemployment rate. However, this issue brief shows that the experience of 22 countries with the highest level of social and economic development...

This report finds that the U.S. is the only country among 22 countries ranked highly in terms of economic and human development that does not guarantee that workers receive paid sick days or paid sick leave. Under current U.S. labor law, employers are not required to provide short-term paid sick...

Cette étude évalue l’influence des caractéristiques des systèmes de santé sur l’équité horizontale du recours aux soins en Europe. L’utilisation d’un ensemble des données issues d’enquêtes nationales récentes de treize pays européens confirme l’existence d’inégalités...

This paper provides an econometric evaluation of the impact of two innovative care programs for elderly people with dementia (day-care centers and group-living) on the well-being of the primary caregiver of patients. For this evaluation, we use data from a survey conducted in six European...

This paper uses data from the Current Population Surveys for 1980 through 2011 to review trends in health-insurance coverage rates for low-wage workers (defined as workers in the bottom fifth of the wage distribution in each survey year). In 2010, over 38 percent of low-wage workers lacked...

The Argentine economy has grown 94 percent for the years 2002-2011, using International Monetary Fund projections for the end of this year. This is the fastest growth in the Western Hemisphere for this period, and among the highest growth rates in the world. It also compares favorably to...