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In Norway house prices have risen to high levels, associated with very strong credit growth, in a context of low interest rates. Such a combination was in many countries a contributory factor to the 2008- 09 crisis. The Norwegian authorities have been well aware of the problem. Below-target...
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This paper assesses the OECD’s projections for GDP growth and inflation during the global financial crisis and recovery, focussing on lessons that can be learned. The projections repeatedly over-estimated growth, failing to anticipate the extent of the slowdown and later the weak pace of the...
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During the last decade, research on income inequality has paid special attention to top income earners. At the same time, top marginal tax rates on upper income earners have declined sharply in many OECD countries. Discussions are still open on the relationship between the increase of the income...
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Minimum income schemes are set to provide citizens with a minimum living standard. In Spain, these schemes consist of a …
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Families with children receive support from the tax-benefit system to a different extent across countries. In Spain … families with children in Spain. We distinguish between three different forms of income support: (1) benefits aimed to ease the … families with children in Spain is low and mainly concentrated on tax reliefs, which are regressive in absolute terms …
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The Spanish economy is growing strongly, but there is a risk that many people are being left behind. Unemployment, especially among young people and the low-skilled, remains very high. About half of all the unemployed have been unemployed for over a year and one third for more than two years. A...
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