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Policy Options for Reducing Poverty and Raising Employment Rates in Israel
Hemmings, Philip - 2010
Welfare-to-work measures are a central theme of Israel’s labour and social policies to tackle relative poverty, which is concentrated among the Arab-Israeli and Ultra-orthodox (Haredi) communities. Policies include pilot programmes involving private-sector job placement (the “Wisconsin”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444015
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The Equity Implications of Fiscal Consolidation
Rawdanowicz, Łukasz; Wurzel, Eckhard; Christensen, Ane … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
assumptions indicate that increasing household direct taxes would reduce income inequality, while cutting transfers by the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276882
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How to Improve Taxes and Transfers in Israel
Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
Ensuring tax and transfer systems bring sufficient revenue to reach macroeconomic fiscal targets, address societal goals in re-distribution and social welfare, recognise the influence taxation has on businesses’ competitiveness and adequately address environmental externalities is a tough...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276992
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Less Income Inequality and More Growth – Are They Compatible? Part 3. Income Redistribution via Taxes and Transfers Across OECD Countries
Joumard, Isabelle; Pisu, Mauro; Bloch, Debra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Taxes and transfers reduce inequality in disposable income relative to market income. The effect varies, however …, across OECD countries. The redistributive impact of taxes and transfers depends on the size, mix and the progressivity of … redistributive impact as countries characterised by much higher taxes and transfers (e.g. Germany) because they rely more on income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393772
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Fiscal Prospects and Reforms in India
Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Substantial fiscal consolidation was achieved under the aegis of the 2003 Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. While deficits widened anew in 2008 and 2009, against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis, efforts to reduce them have resumed since. To ensure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364448
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Policy Options for Reducing Poverty and Raising Employment Rates in Israel
Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
Welfare-to-work measures are a central theme of Israel’s labour and social policies to tackle relative poverty, which is concentrated among the Arab-Israeli and Ultra-orthodox (Haredi) communities. Policies include pilot programmes involving private-sector job placement (the “Wisconsin”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552863
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Assessing the OECD Jobs Strategy : Past Developments and Reforms
Brandt, Nicola - 2005
In 1994, the OECD published a set of recommendations -- known as the OECD Jobs Strategy -- to deal with high and persistent unemployment that affected many member countries. These recommendations are currently being reassessed by the OECD and this paper contributes to this process. It provides a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446613
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Assessing the OECD Jobs Strategy: Past Developments and Reforms
Brandt, Nicola; Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Duval, Romain - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005
In 1994, the OECD published a set of recommendations -- known as the OECD Jobs Strategy -- to deal with high and persistent unemployment that affected many member countries. These recommendations are currently being reassessed by the OECD and this paper contributes to this process. It provides a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045890
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Family Policy in Hungary : How to Improve the Reconciliation between Work and Family?
Hemmings, Philip - 2007
Hungarian family policy focuses on providing generous options to take time off work to look after children. This system not only contributes to Hungary’s low employment rate but encourages long separation from the labour market, has largely failed to significantly influence fertility rates and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444476
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A Pause in the Growth of Inequality in China?
Herd, Richard - 2010
In recent years, policymaking in China has put increasing emphasis on stemming the growth in inequality, which had been fairly steep since the 1980s. Policy action has taken the form of regional development measures and of reforms of various aspects of the social safety net broadly defined. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444749