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The Equity Implications of Fiscal Consolidation
Rawdanowicz, Łukasz; Wurzel, Eckhard; Christensen, Ane … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
certain tax expenditures, hiking taxes on immovable property and broadly-based consumption taxes. Increases in capital income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276882
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276992
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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
concentrated and the tax and transfer system has little redistributive impact. The tax-to-GDP ratio remains low. Consumption taxes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276998
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Strengthening Social Cohesion in Luxembourg: Making Efficiency and Equity Go Hand in Hand
Fournier, Jean-Marc; Garcia, Clara - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Luxembourg is a rich and fast-growing country. However, inequality of disposable incomes has trended up modestly over the past decades and relative poverty has risen reflecting mainly the rapid growth of high incomes. The relatively high inequality of market incomes is substantially reduced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277015
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393772
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Equity in Student Achievement Across OECD Countries: An Investigation of the Role of Policies
Causa, Orsetta; Chapuis, Catherine - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
This paper focuses on inequalities in learning opportunities for individuals coming from different socioeconomic backgrounds as a measure of (in) equality of opportunity in OECD countries and looks at the role played by policies and institutions in shaping countries’ relative positions. Based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962261
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Further Advancing Pro-growth Tax and Benefit Reform in the Czech Republic
Hrdlicka, Zdenek; Morgan, Margaret; Prušvic, David; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
In 2008, the Czech government implemented a major overhaul of the personal income tax (PIT), replacing the previous progressive rate schedule with a single 15% rate levied on an enlarged base. This was accompanied by significant changes to the corporate income tax (CIT) and an increase in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498306
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House Prices and Economic Activity
Girouard, Nathalie; Blöndal, Sveinbjörn - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001
This paper reviews the role of house prices in influencing private consumption and residential investment in OECD … borrow for current consumption on the basis of their housing wealth, and the easing of borrowing constraints has often been … for the major OECD countries suggest that house prices have a significant positive impact on private consumption through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045630
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Financial Market Liberalisation, Wealth and Consumption
Boone, Laurence; Girouard, Nathalie; Wanner, Isabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001
have eased the liquidity constraints facing households, thus raising the targeted level of consumption. The objective of … relationship between consumption and income, and more specifically on the wealth effect. A range of different procedures is used to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045935
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Housing Markets, Wealth and the Business Cycle
Catte, Pietro; Girouard, Nathalie; Price, Robert W.R.; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
mortgage markets. The paper focuses specifically on: the transmission channel from housing wealth to consumption and on the … that the strongest impact on consumption is in countries that have large, efficient and responsive mortgage markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046210