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Poverty Dynamics in Four OECD Countries
Antolín, Pablo - 1999
This study examines the dynamics of poverty for four OECD countries (Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United … States). It provides information on patterns of poverty, which groups stay in poverty the longest, and household …/individual characteristics and life-course events which appear to be most closely associated with transitions into and out of poverty and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445124
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Labour Market Performance, Income Inequality and Poverty in OECD countries
Burniaux, Jean-Marc - 2006
inadvertently lead to increased income inequality and poverty. This paper focuses on the impact of institutions and redistributive … policies on inequality and poverty with the view of assessing whether a trade-off between better labour market performance and … disposable income inequality and relative poverty among the total population. These developments suggest that gains from higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446643
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Income Distribution and Poverty in Selected OECD Countries
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Dang, Thai-Thanh; Fore, Douglas; … - 1998
This working paper presents evidence on changes in income distribution and poverty in thirteen OECD countries over the … two decades up to the first half of the 1990s. While country experience has been variable, income and poverty rose in most … groups in a number of countries, reflecting the weight of age-related transfers. An analysis of average incomes and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446886
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Centralisation of Wage Bargaining and Macroeconomic Performance : A Survey
Calmfors, Lars - 1993
Starting from the theoretical argument underlying the “hump shape” hypothesis, the paper investigates the various dimensions of centralisation in the wage formation process. The diversity of effects discussed in the paper makes it harder to arrive at unambiguous policy conclusions. Careful...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012442866
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NAIRU: Incomes Policy and Inflation
Fabiani, Silvia; Locarno, Alberto; Oneto, Gian; … - 1997
Italy has been one of the few industrial countries resorting to incomes policy in the current decade. Many Italian observers have attributed to this policy the remarkable slowdown in wage and price inflation. However, no apparent progress has been made concerning labour market unbalances, as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445803
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Wage Setting in Finland : Increasing Flexibility in Centralised Wage Agreements
Johansson, Åsa - 2006
The centralised wage agreements have helped to contain inflation. There is evidence that wage increases were more moderate when a central agreement was concluded than in periods when no central agreement was reached. Nevertheless, there is also evidence that centralised wage setting has had some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446438
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Mortgage finance across OECD countries
van Hoenselaar, Frank - 2021
The landscapes of housing loan markets vary considerably across OECD countries, reflecting differences in preferences and policy settings. This paper first draws a topography of disparities in mortgage structure, documenting considerable variation across OECD countries in key features such as in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801153
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Migration, housing and regional disparities: A gravity model of inter-regional migration with an application to selected OECD countries
Cavalleri, Maria Chiara - 2021
Inter-regional migration – the movements of the population from one region to another within the same country – can be an important mechanism of spatial economic adjustment, affecting regional demographic and growth patterns. This paper examines the economic and housing-related factors that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801178
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Labour market transitions across OECD countries: Stylised facts
Causa, Orsetta - 2021
This paper provides a descriptive analysis of patterns and trends of worker transitions across European countries and the United States, with an emphasis on differences across socio-economic groups. Understanding labour market transitions is important to gauge the scope of labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801196
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The tortoise and the hare: The race between vaccine rollout and new COVID variants
Turner, David - 2021
New variants of the virus are spreading which, together with seasonal effects, are estimated to be able to raise effective reproduction numbers by up to 90%. Meanwhile, many countries are rolling out vaccination programmes, but at varying speeds. Hence the race is on to beat the variants with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630293