Countries differ widely with respect to the level of labour income inequality among individuals of working age. Labour … income inequality is shaped by differences in wage rates, hours worked and inactivity rates. Individual labour income … inequality is the main driver of household market income inequality, with family formation as well as self-employment and capital …

years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example …, global growth is likely to slow and become increasingly dependent on knowledge and technology, while the economic costs of … transform into rising income inequality, the ability of governments to cushion this impact may be limited, as rising trade …

“Accelerated Growth Strategy” (Stratégie de Croissance Accélérée in French or SCA) in the fight against poverty. We start by an … analysis of the macroeconomic foundations of growth in Senegal and then examine the evolution of labor market and social … indicators over the period under study. We show that growth achievements did not meet the targets set by the SCA. Despite the …

(english) Since the 1994 devaluation, growth has been quite strong in Mali (about 5% p.a. on average), but much weaker … in terms of GDP per person (about 2.6% p.a.) due to a very high index of fecundity. Growth is still very unstable, due to … a surge after the devaluation, poverty incidence plummeted slightly. Extreme poverty decreased, and growth has been pro …

Since 2004, the Government of Senegal has adopted an accelerated growth program in the aim of reducing poverty by half … growth strategy is not really in accordance with the Senegalese Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper …

In a majority of OECD countries, GDP growth over the past three decades has been associated with growing income … disparities. To shed some lights on the potential sources of trade-offs between growth and equity, this paper investigates the … long-run impact of structural reforms on GDP per capita and household income distribution. Pro-growth reforms can be …

policy decisions may face tradeoffs between objectives of economic efficiency and equity. Many growth enhancing structural … average household, an indication that they may reduce inequality in disposable incomes. Such is the case of reducing …

robust nominal GDP growth, correcting two decades of budget deficits requires a large and sustained fiscal consolidation … credit, to prevent a rise in inequality and poverty. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Survey of Japan …

paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution of inequality and poverty across OECD countries over the last … overall income inequality masks compensating changes between the lower and upper halves of the income distribution. Also, it … inequality and comparing their evolution over time provides new policy-relevant perspectives on the nature of the changing income …

Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax …