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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
towards universal health coverage, the financing and organisation of the health care system could be improved to raise the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276998
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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
This paper provides, for all OECD countries, an estimate of the net tax cost per currency unit of contribution to a tax-favoured retirement savings plan, using a present-value methodology. The latter takes into account the future flows of revenues foregone on accrued income and of revenues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046077
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The Changing Health System in France
Imai, Yutaka; Jacobzone, Stéphane; Lenain, Patrick - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000
This paper reviews the performance of French health care system from an economic viewpoint. It also provides some … policy recommendations. The health system in France is regarded as delivering high quality services, with freedom of choice … therefore not surprising that the French population is relatively satisfied with the health system. As this paper points out …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045637
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The Reform of the Health Care System in Portugal
Guichard, Stéphanie - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
An ambitious reform to increase efficiency of the Portuguese health care system was launched in 2002. In contrast to … health sector, making changes essentially irreversible. The reform has two main aims: to deliver better-quality public health … services than at present but at no higher cost; and to reduce the underlying growth rate of public health-care spending over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045807
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The Health Care System in Poland
Girouard, Nathalie; Imai, Yutaka - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000
This paper reviews the performance of Polish health care system from an economic perspective. High on the reform agenda … of the government for several years, a new national health insurance system entered into force on 1 January 1999. This … further improvement of the system, including ways of enforcing harder budget constraints on health funds and better defining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046083
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Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation Policies: Literature Review and New Results
Bollen, Johannes; Guay, Bruno; Jamet, Stéphanie; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
There are local air pollution benefits from pursuing greenhouse gases emissions mitigation policies, which lower the net costs of emission reductions and thereby may strengthen the incentives to participate in a global climate change mitigation agreement. The main purpose of this paper is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046248
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Explaining Differences in Hours Worked among OECD Countries: An empirical analysis
Causa, Orsetta - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
This working paper investigates the policy determinants of hours worked among employed individuals in OECD countries, focussing on the impact of taxation, working-time regulations, and other labour and product market policies. It explores the factors underlying cross-country differences in hours...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045650
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Family Policy in Hungary: How to Improve the Reconciliation between Work and Family?
Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
Hungarian family policy focuses on providing generous options to take time off work to look after children. This system not only contributes to Hungary’s low employment rate but encourages long separation from the labour market, has largely failed to significantly influence fertility rates and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045747
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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
This paper examines the determinants of female labour force participation in OECD countries, including a number of policy instruments such as the tax treatment of second earners (relative to single individuals), childcare subsidies, child benefits, paid maternity and parental leaves, and tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045809
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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