employment, unemployment, and economic growth in OECD countries. The paper examines a number of facets of tax and welfare policy …

This paper reviews conceptual linkages between taxation and unemployment, available empirical evidence and country … policy advice on these issues, and tax policy options in addressing the unemployment problem. It concludes that the emphasis … unemployment …

leads to smaller output and employment declines compared to rate hikes, even when distinguishing between tax types …

large an effect on employment as untargeted reductions for equal initial budgetary cost, while employee social security tax … reductions have a negative effect on employment. They also point to the presence of “self-financing,” whereby reductions in … various tax rates lead to lower budget deficits in the long run, as a result of an expanding tax base and lower unemployment …

detrimental medium-term effects on output, unemployment, poverty, and inequality. However, policies can go a long way toward … relatively greater fiscal support. The increases in unemployment, poverty, and inequality are likewise lower for countries with …

This paper explores the impact of policies and institutions on employment and unemployment of OECD countries in the … and institutions affect employment not only via their impact on aggregate unemployment but also through their effects on … past decades. Reduced-form unemployment equations, consistent with standard wage setting/price-setting models, are …

There have been concerns that employment-enhancing reforms along the lines of the 1994 OECD Jobs Strategy could … equity has taken place in OECD countries, notably in the 1990s. During this period, reductions of unemployment have been … employment have in general offset the impact of rising wage dispersion. A preliminary econometric analysis for the period 1978 …

unemployment and debt. The paper illustrates in a downside scenario, how low potential growth and crisis legacies leave the euro …