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China's Labour Market in Transition: Job Creation, Migration and Regulation

Herd, Richard; Koen, Vincent; Reutersward, Anders - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in agriculture has declined, against the backdrop of ongoing urbanisation. Over 200 million people have been drawn into urban areas through official or unofficial migration, despite...

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Improving Labour Market Performance in France

Jamet, Stéphanie - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

With high unemployment, low participation of specific groups such as the low-skilled and those nearing retirement age, and relatively low average hours worked, France is far from using its full labour potential. Improving the labour market situation would not only increase living standards and...

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Limiting Long-Term Unemployment and Non-Participation in Sweden

Hansen, Niels-Jakob Harbo - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

After the onset of the crisis, unemployment in Sweden increased markedly, though much less than expected and than during the early 1990s, even as participation in the labour market held up well. The challenge going forward is to ensure that high unemployment does not become entrenched or leads...

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The Efficiency and Equity of the Tax and Transfer System in France

Égert, Balázs - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Taxes and cash transfers reduce income inequality more in France than elsewhere in the OECD, because of the large size of the flows involved. But the system is complex overall. Its effectiveness could be enhanced in many ways, for example so as to achieve the same amount of redistribution at...

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The Rates and Revenue of Bank Transaction Taxes

Baca-Campodónico, Jorge - 2006

This paper provides cross-country empirical evidence on the productivity of bank transaction taxes (BTTs). Our data set comprises six Latin American countries that have levied BTTs since the late 1980s: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. We find that, for a given tax rate,...

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Ensuring Debt Sustainability Amid Strong Economic Uncertainty in Hungary

Beynet, Pierre; Kierzenkowski, Rafal - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

Despite a deep recession in 2009 and weak growth in subsequent years, Hungary’s fiscal position compares favourably with many other OECD countries. Nonetheless, the underlying fiscal balance started deteriorating in 2010 and 2011. Recognising this, Hungary’s government launched an ambitious...

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Improving Taxes and Transfers in Australia

Hemmings, Philip; Tuske, Annamaria - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

reduction. This review particularly recommends shifting away from income taxation to indirect taxation, for instance by raising … reform to vehicle-related taxation. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey of Australia (www … pour la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre et appuie la réforme de la taxation des véhicules. Ce Document de …

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Keeping Slovenian Public Finances on a Sustainable Path

Beynet, Pierre; Leibfritz, Willi - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

This paper examines various aspects of fiscal policy in Slovenia, in particular fiscal consolidation, pension reform, efficiency of government spending and the tax system. It finds that Slovenia belongs to the group of new EU member countries, which have given in the past a high priority to...

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Restoring Fiscal Sustainability in Spain

Beynet, Pierre; Fuentes, Andrés; Gillingham, Robert; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

Spain’s government has introduced ambitious consolidation measures, which should yield a sizeable improvement in discretionary fiscal efforts. Should budgetary outcomes fall short of targets, the government should stand ready to introduce further measures, as announced. Such measures could...

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China's Labour Market in Transition : Job Creation, Migration and Regulation

Herd, Richard - 2010

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