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Tax and benefit reforms to support employment and inclusiveness and address poverty in Italy
Bulman, Tim; Pacifico, Daniele; Pisu, Mauro; … - 2019
maintains progressive personal income tax rates, gradually withdraws low-income support and provides additional benefits for low …
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Building an inclusive social protection system in South Africa
Fall, Falilou; Steenkamp, Andre - 2020
, with often a low pension. Moreover, South Africa has a dual, public and private, health care system. Half of the country …’s health-care spending goes to the private sector, which covers only 16% of the population. Moreover, the health care system … fails to deliver affordable quality services. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the unequal distribution of health care …
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Improving well-being in New Zealand through migration
Carey, David - 2019
further adjustments to the system to enhance its well-being benefits for both the NZ-born and immigrants. This Working Paper …
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Increasing social insurance coverage in Viet Nam's SMEs
Castel, Paulette; Pick, Alexander - 2018
Viet Nam has made significant progress in expanding social insurance coverage in recent years. However, coverage amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains very low and very few workers in this sector are expected to receive a pension in retirement. Drawing on two datasets for...
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Making employment more inclusive in the Netherlands
Baker, Mark; Gielens, Lindy - 2018
The Dutch labour market has recovered and the unemployment rate has been converging towards pre-crisis levels. Non-standard forms of work have expanded with a strong trend towards self-employment and an increased reliance on temporary contracts. These developments may reflect a preference of...
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Improving the labour market integration of immigrants in Belgium
Pina, Álvaro Manuel; Corluy, Vincent; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2015
by more diffuse handicaps, like discrimination and imperfect knowledge of the languages of Belgium. Improving the labour …
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Improving the pension system and the welfare of retirees in Israel
Giorno, Claude; Adda, Jacques - 2016
Israel is a young country with still dynamic population growth, but it is already beginning to face the consequences of population ageing. The pension system relies largely on mandatory private retirement saving, which will moderate the long-term fiscal impact. Yet, there are questions about the...
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Balancing inclusiveness, work incentives and sustainability in Denmark
Klein, Caroline; Hansen, Louise Aggerstrøm - 2016
The generous Danish welfare state relies on a high degree of labour force participation both for financing and in order to ensure social cohesion. This underlines the need for getting work incentives right and improve the employability of vulnerable groups of workers, in particular migrants....
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Raising living standards and supporting investment by boosting skills in Slovenia
O'Farrell, Rory - 2017
Higher living standards and well-being, as well as convergence with more advanced economies, will depend on achieving higher productivity, which in turn would be boosted by more investment in capital. In particular, investment in knowledge-based capital and greater inward FDI can help Slovenia...
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Structural policies to boost productivity and inclusion in Costa Rica
Meehan, Lisa - 2018
Owing to past structural reforms, Costa Rica has enjoyed robust GDP growth and productivity levels are gradually converging towards the OECD average. However, large GDP per capita and productivity gaps persist. In addition, not everyone has benefited from this growth. Inequality has increased...
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