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14 avr 2008
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Anglais
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Tackling Business and Labour Informality in Chile
Dante Contreras, Luiz de Mello, Esteban Puentes, Pages: 36
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Informality often arises from disincentives associated with high taxes and a restrictive regulatory framework in both labour and product markets. About 20% of the Chilean population aged 15 years and above and working at least 20 hours per week did not have a formal labour contract in 2006. At...
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07 jui 2003
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Anglais
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Tackling Excessive Waiting Times for Elective Surgery: A Comparison of Policies in Twelve OECD Countries
Jeremy Hurst, Luigi Siciliani, Pages: 56
in
OECD Health Working Papers
Waiting times for elective (non-urgent) surgery are a main health policy concern in approximately half of OECD countries. Mean waiting times for elective surgical procedures are above three months in several countries and maximum waiting times can stretch into years. They generate...
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04 jan 2013
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Article
Anglais
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Tackling income inequality: The role of taxes and transfers
Isabelle Joumard, Mauro Pisu, Debbie Bloch, Pages: 37–70
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
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 each ...
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01 jan 2005
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Anglais
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Tackling Nurse Shortages in OECD Countries
Steven Simoens, Mike Villeneuve, Jeremy Hurst, Pages: 59
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OECD Health Working Papers
There are reports of current nurse shortages in all but a few OECD countries. With further increases in demand for nurses expected and nurse workforce ageing predicted to reduce the supply of nurses, shortages are likely to persist or even increase in the future, unless action is taken to...
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26 oct 2010
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Anglais
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Tackling the Infrastructure Challenge in Indonesia
Mauro Pisu, Pages: 43
in
OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Indonesia.s infrastructure is in poor shape, having suffered from protracted under-investment since the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, and constraints growth potential. This paper focuses on the current state of the regulatory framework and discusses different options for improvement...
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13 sep 2012
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Anglais
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Tackling Turkey's External and Domestic Macroeconomic Imbalances
Oliver Röhn, Rauf Gönenç, Vincent Koen, Ramazan Karaşahin, Pages: 41
in
OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Effective macroeconomic and structural policies helped Turkey bounce back quickly and strongly from the global crisis, with annual growth averaging close to 9% over 2010-11. However, the current account deficit widened to around 10% of GDP in 2011 and consumer price inflation rose to over 10%....
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01 avr 1992
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Anglais
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Taiwanese Corporations in Globalisation and Regionalisation
Gee San, Pages: 47
in
OECD Development Centre Working Papers
Many of Taiwan's highly export-oriented enterprises are small and medium-sized, and many are in a relatively good position to cope with, even to take advantage of, globalisation. Because they generally do not have strong in-house R&D, and often do not have their own global marketing...
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08 mars 2004
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Anglais
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Take-Up of Welfare Benefits in OECD Countries: A Review of the Evidence
Virginia Hernanz, Franck Malherbet, Michele Pellizzari, Pages: 49
in
OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
This report provides an overview of the limited empirical and theoretical research on take-up of welfare benefits, i.e. the extent to which people eligible for various types of benefits actually receive them. Focus is mainly on entitlement programmes, where take-up reflects both decisions of...
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09 nov 2010
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Anglais
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Taking on the Completion Challenge: A Literature Review on Policies to Prevent Dropout and Early School Leaving
Cecilia S. Lyche, Pages: 64
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OECD Education Working Papers
This paper reviews international research in the field of dropout from upper secondary education and training in OECD countries in order to present possible solutions to policymakers faced with the completion challenge. The paper begins by presenting existing definitions of dropout and upper...
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27 fév 2009
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Anglais
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Taking Stock of Existing Structural Policy and Outcome Indicators
Davide Furceri, Annabelle Mourougane, Pages: 74
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper reviews and assesses in terms of availability, reliability and transparency existing policy and
outcome indicators that have been found to be linked both directly and indirectly to economic growth and
living standards. Indicators aiming at capturing the political and social situation...
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30 mars 2009
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Anglais
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Taking Stock of the Credit Crunch: Implications for Development Finance and Global Governance
Andrew Mold, Sebastian Paulo, Annalisa Prizon, Pages: 49
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
This paper examines how the different forms of development finance for low-income
countries are likely to be affected by the global financial crisis, principally through reductions in
remittances, aid flows and FDI. It argues that the channels of transmission of the crisis for
particular...
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22 sep 2009
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Article
Anglais
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Tanzania: The Challenge of Moving from Subsistence to Profit
Denise Wolter, Pages: 79–102
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OECD Journal: General Papers
Tanzania could be a major food-exporting country but its dependence on rainfall, poor transport and marketing infrastructures, as well as low access to technology, lead to persistent food security problems. The Tanzanian government has decided to ...
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01 jan 1984
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Français
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Taux d'activité: Analyse et projections
James H. Chan-Lee, Pages: 61
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Le présent document étudie l'influence des conditions du marché du travail, des revenus réels et des transferts publics sur l'évolution des taux d'activité, à l'aide d'un modèle néo-classique de maximisation de l'utilité. Le modèle de base est complété par des facteurs socio-démographiques tels que le développement de l'enseignement supérieur,...
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01 mai 1985
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Français
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Taux d'intérêt réels et perspectives de croissance durable
Paul Atkinson, Jean-Claude Chouraqui, Pages: 89
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Ces dernières années, le niveau des taux d'intérêt réels est apparu relativement élevé dans la plupart des pays de l'OCDE. Cela n'a pas empêché la reprise économique de se développer (à un rythme plus rapide aux Etats-Unis et au Japon qu'en Europe) pas plus qu'il n'y a eu, semble-t-il, d'effets réellement défavorables sur les investissements...
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25 mai 2011
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Article
Anglais
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Tax and good governance
Ben Dickinson, Pages: 69–76
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OECD Journal: General Papers
Taxation is fundamental to sustainable development. The ability to raise revenue and manage public expenditure is of core importance to every state. However, taxation plays another crucial role which has been often overlooked or underestimated in ...
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19 avr 2011
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Anglais
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Tax Competition Between Sub-Central Governments
Hansjörg Blöchliger, José Maria Pinero Campos, Pages: 46
in
OECD Working Papers on Fiscal Federalism
Tax competition is the strategic interaction of tax policy between sub-central governments (SCG)
with the objective to attract and retain mobile tax bases. Tax competition rests on firms’ and households’
willingness and ability to shift the tax base – i.e. profits, capital, income, consumption...
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31 mai 2011
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Anglais
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Tax Competition Between Sub-Central Governments
Hansjörg Blöchliger, José Maria Pinero Campos, Pages: 49
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Sub-central tax competition is the strategic interaction of tax policy between jurisdictions with the objective to attract and retain mobile tax bases. The views on tax competition differ widely: while some consider that tax competition brings sub-central fiscal policy closer to citizen?s...
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28 mai 2003
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Anglais
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Tax Incentives and House Price Volatility in the Euro Area: Theory and Evidence
Paul van den Noord, Pages: 17
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
A problem associated with inflation differentials in monetary unions is that the "crowding-in" effect of lower real interest rates associated with high inflation will initially outweigh the loss of competitiveness (crowding out). The crowding-in effect may produce volatility in house prices,...
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12 août 2008
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Anglais
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Tax Reform for Efficiency and Fairness in Canada
Alexandra Bibbee, Pages: 48
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The Canadian government has set a high priority on reducing the economic burden of taxation. In a context of fiscal surpluses, it has been: markedly reducing corporate income and capital taxes; providing more personal tax relief especially at lower incomes and above all for saving; and cutting...
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15 mai 2003
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Anglais
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Tax Reform in Belgium
David Carey, Pages: 61
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Belgium has a heavy tax burden which has mainly fallen on labour as international tax competition has limited the scope to which this burden could be imposed on capital. This has raised concerns about possible adverse labour market impacts from such high tax rates. In view of these concerns,...
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