Brazil has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and inequality. This reduction is explained by strong growth … effectiveness of social expenditures for reducing poverty and inequality. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic …

-wage earners would make inroads into poverty and inequality while encouraging formal work. This paper accompanies and extends the … that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and … revenues and increase inequality, by reducing the progressivity of the personal tax system. A proposed reform package that …

Income inequality and relative poverty in the United States are among the highest in the OECD and have substantially … of growth. The present paper analyses the causes of US income inequality and relative poverty in an OECD context … low intergenerational social mobility and weak real income growth for many households. A more inclusive pattern of growth …

Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards …. Reducing income inequality is a key government objective and this requires improving the performance of the labour market …

increasing labour supply (effective marginal tax rate). We also investigate the impact of reforms on poverty, income distribution …

Poverty and income inequality have worsened since the onset of the crisis. While the design of fiscal measures has …

This paper analyses relative income poverty in Australia of individuals aged 15 or more, based on the HILDA Survey data …. Australia has above-average poverty rates among OECD countries, but poverty has decreased in the last 15 years. Certain groups … are more at risk than others. People living alone and lone parents are at higher risk of poverty. Old people in Australia …

Employment is pivotal to strengthening Greece’s economic recovery, increasing social welfare and redressing poverty …. A social welfare system dominated by pensions has not been able to prevent a steep hike in poverty among children and …, accompanied by support programmes for jobseekers, will provide a reliable safety net and reduce poverty. This Working Paper …

direct taxes targeted to the rich. While fiscal policy always reduces inequality, this is not the case with poverty. Fiscal … policy increases poverty in Brazil and Colombia (over and above market income poverty) due to high consumption taxes on basic …