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Less Income Inequality and More Growth – Are they Compatible? Part 5. Poverty in OECD Countries
Pisu, Mauro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Poverty is an important policy issue in OECD countries and the recent crisis has made it even more pressing. This paper … highlights poverty rate differences across countries and reviews the various policies to tackle it. The OECD-wide poverty rate … poverty rate than working-age people and poverty is more wide-spread among women than men. Albeit boosting employment is …
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Less Income Inequality and More Growth – Are They Compatible? Part 1. Mapping Income Inequality Across the OECD
Hoeller, Peter; Joumard, Isabelle; Pisu, Mauro; Bloch, Debra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
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...
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