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Explaining Differences in Hours Worked among OECD Countries: An empirical analysis
Causa, Orsetta - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
, focussing on the impact of taxation, working-time regulations, and other labour and product market policies. It explores the … qu‘aux politiques du marché du travail et du marché des produits. Premièrement, alors qu‘un niveau élevé de taxation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045650
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Female Labour Force Participation: Past Trends and Main Determinants in OECD Countries
Jaumotte, Florence - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003
revenu du foyer (par rapport à la taxation d’un individu célibataire), les subsides aux dépenses de garde d’enfants, les …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045809
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The Swedish Housing Market: Better Allocation via Less Regulation
Hüfner, Felix; Lundsgaard, Jens - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
While several sectors in the economy have been deregulated, the Swedish housing market remains distorted, hindering an optimal matching of supply and demand. In the rental market the rent setting framework with its focus on cost-based rents in the public sector prevents a price response, leading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005049013
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Adjusting Housing Policies in Slovakia in Light of Euro Adoption
Hüfner, Felix - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
House prices have risen strongly in past years, helped by rising incomes and declining interest rates. At the same time, construction of new dwellings has remained fairly muted and has only recently shown signs of picking up. A characteristic feature of the Slovak housing market, and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046007
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Tax Treatment of Private Pension Savings in OECD Countries and the Net Tax Cost Per Unit of Contribution to Tax-Favoured Schemes
Yoo, Kwang-Yeol; Serres, Alain de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
-specific features of savings taxation, the paper also provides an overview of the tax treatment of private pension arrangements and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046077
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The Economic Effects of Employment-Conditional Income Support Schemes for the Low-Paid: An Illustration from a CGE Model Applied to Four OECD Countries
Bassanini, Andrea; Rasmussen, Jørn Henrik; Scarpetta, … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 1999
Problems of unemployment and low pay amongst the low-skilled and those with little work experience are severe in many OECD countries. Employment-conditional schemes are policy instruments designed to increase the employment prospects of the low-skilled as well as to support their living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046019
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Work Incentives and Recent Reforms of the Tax and Benefit System in Hungary
Ladányi, Tímea; Kierzenkowski, Rafal - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Reducing the extent of inactivity and promoting labour supply is essential to foster labour market outcomes in Hungary in the medium term. Notwithstanding specific factors linked to education, the pension system or family and disability policies, financial disincentives play an important role in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276841
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Restoring Fiscal Sustainability in Spain
Beynet, Pierre; Fuentes, Andrés; Gillingham, Robert; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Spain’s government has introduced ambitious consolidation measures, which should yield a sizeable improvement in discretionary fiscal efforts. Should budgetary outcomes fall short of targets, the government should stand ready to introduce further measures, as announced. Such measures could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008873250
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Ensuring Debt Sustainability Amid Strong Economic Uncertainty in Hungary
Beynet, Pierre; Kierzenkowski, Rafal - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Despite a deep recession in 2009 and weak growth in subsequent years, Hungary’s fiscal position compares favourably with many other OECD countries. Nonetheless, the underlying fiscal balance started deteriorating in 2010 and 2011. Recognising this, Hungary’s government launched an ambitious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276894
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Improving Taxes and Transfers in Australia
Hemmings, Philip; Tuske, Annamaria - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
reduction. This review particularly recommends shifting away from income taxation to indirect taxation, for instance by raising … reform to vehicle-related taxation. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey of Australia (www … pour la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre et appuie la réforme de la taxation des véhicules. Ce Document de …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276985