In recent years, India has enjoyed one of the highest growth rates worldwide, weathering the global financial crisis … investment. Stepping up structural reforms will also be necessary if double-digit growth rates are to be achievable over the …. Rapid economic development has boosted living standards and reduced poverty but poverty remains high. There is a need to …

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 …

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

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 … explores whether contracting inequalities coexist with increasing poverty. The paper adds to previous studies by introducing …

Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax … be quite narrowly targeted at families living in extreme poverty. Over time, the government should consider increasing … support for the poor to find jobs of decent quality will be key to help them overcome poverty in a sustainable way. Ingreso …

and contribute to reducing poverty. The reform could reduce the number of workless households by between 45 000 and 240 … entitlements for low income families will further reduce poverty and increase equality. However, the cost of childcare remains high …

Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards …. Reducing income inequality is a key government objective and this requires improving the performance of the labour market …

poverty risk. The government has recently commissioned several studies to prepare a systematic reform of the system. The …

Poverty and income inequality have worsened since the onset of the crisis. While the design of fiscal measures has … inclusive growth and distributing the costs of adjustment equitably. Within the limited fiscal space this calls for continued …

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 …