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Social Safety Nets and Structural Adjustment
Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et …; … - 2006
Social safety nets protect citizens against hardship. By offering compensation, social safety nets may help overcome the political resistance to trade liberalisation and structural reform, but they can also weaken the incentives to work and save. Depending on their design, safety nets may also...
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Divided we stand : why inequality keeps rising
2011
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Divided We Stand : Why Inequality Keeps Rising
2011 - 2011
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Divided We Stand : Why Inequality Keeps Rising
2011
In the three decades to the recent economic downturn, wage gaps widened and household income inequality as measured by GINI increased in a large majority of OECD countries. This occurred even when countries were going through a period of sustained economic and employment growth. This report...
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Implementation strategies for environmental taxes
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development - 1996
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The economic consequences of outdoor air pollution
OECD - 2016
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Mortality assumptions and longevity risk : implications for pension funds and annuity providers
2014
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Mortality Risk Valuation in Environment, Health and Transport Policies
2012
people around the world have been asked about their willingness to pay for small reduction in mortality risks. The analysis …
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Public health in an age of genomics
OECD - 2013
This report presents the findings of a research project to investigate the drivers and criteria shaping the application of genomic biotechnology to health in different national settings, and the barriers to implementation nationally and internationally. A case study approach was adopted for the...
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Mortality Assumptions and Longevity Risk : Implications for pension funds and annuity providers
2014
improvements in mortality and life expectancy. The regulatory framework can support the effective management of longevity risk … framework account for future improvements in mortality and life expectancy. The study then examines the mortality tables … commonly used by pension funds and annuity providers against several well-known mortality projection models with the purpose of …
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