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No. 22 | 10 Mar 2005 |
Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries in the Second Half of the 1990s
This report provides evidence on income distribution and poverty in 27 OECD countries over the second half of the 1990s, using data that correct for many of the features that limit cross-country and intertemporal comparisons in this field. Patterns... |
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No. 23 | 21 Mar 2005 |
Should We Extend the Role of Private Social Expenditure?
Some people make great claims about the advantages to be gained from greater reliance on the private sector for the provision of social protection. Many of the claims for great macroeconomic advantages do not stand up to scrutiny. However, there is... |
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No. 25 | 22 Jun 2005 |
Counting Immigrants and Expatriates in OECD Countries
Results presented in this paper based on the new database on immigrants and expatriates in OECD countries, show that (i) the percentage of the foreign-born in European OECD countries is generally higher than the percentage of foreigners; (ii)... |
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No. 24 | 29 Jul 2005 |
Taxation, Ethnic Ties and the Location Choice of Highly Skilled Immigrants
With the emerging international competition to attract highly skilled migrants, the determinants of their choice of residential location are increasing in importance. Besides expected wages and job opportunities, the costs of migration and the... |
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No. 26 | 01 Sept 2005 |
The "Enabling State?" from Public to Private Responsibility for Social Protection
Policies designed to advance the march toward private financing and delivery of social services follow five main pathways. While some of these approaches to privatization are more direct and transparent than others, all may be pursued simultaneously.... |
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No. 27 | 02 Sept 2005 |
Trends and Determinants of Fertility Rates
This report tries to explain observed changes in fertility rates across OECD countries, with an emphasis on socio-economic considerations. It aims to extend the understanding of fertility-related behaviours in different ways: first, by explaining... |
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No. 28 | 29 Sept 2005 |
Welfare Reform in European Countries
This paper estimates the welfare and distributional impact of two types of welfare reform in the 15 (pre-enlargement) member countries of the European Union. The reforms are revenue neutral and financed by an overall and uniform increase in marginal... |
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No. 30 | 07 Nov 2005 |
Labour Protection in China
One of the key institutional outcomes of China’s economic reforms has been to create a new role for employers that is separate from the state, and allows enterprises to concentrate on their business. To protect workers, the government has set up... |
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No. 31 | 16 Dec 2005 |
Can Parents Afford to Work?
Finding a suitable balance of work and family life is not an easy task for parents who face multiple, and potentially conflicting, demands. Childcare policies play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks. But... |
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No. 29 | 16 Dec 2005 |
Net Social Expenditure, 2005 Edition
This is the 2005 edition of a Net Social Expenditure paper that contains information on net (after tax) public and private social expenditure. These indicators supplement the detailed historical information on gross (before tax) publicly mandated... |
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No. 32 | 17 Feb 2006 |
Social Disadvantage and Education Experiences
This paper discusses how social disadvantage affects the learning experiences of households with fewer economic resources, at each stage of the individuals' life-course, and on some of the "social" effects of such learning. It argues that while... |
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No. 33 | 17 Feb 2006 |
Alternative Measures of Well-Being
All discussions about the desirability of policy reforms rest on judgements about their effects on individuals and societal well-being. Yet, suitable measures for assessing how well-being is changing over time or compares across countries are... |
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No. 35 | 09 Jun 2006 |
Employment Patterns in OECD Countries
This paper explores the impact of policies and institutions on employment and unemployment of OECD countries in the past decades. Reduced-form unemployment equations, consistent with standard wage setting/pricesetting models, are estimated using... |
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No. 34 | 09 Jun 2006 |
An Age Perspective on Economic Well-Being and Social Protection in Nine OECD Countries
For a number of reasons, incomes vary strongly with age. The nature of this variation is of interest for a wide range of policy purposes. Since age structures differ across countries, knowledge about the incomes earned by different age groups is also... |
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No. 36 | 15 Jun 2006 |
From Inactivity to Work
Many OECD countries have in recent decades experienced periods of relatively rapid growth in nonemployment benefit expenditures and recipiency rates which have not subsequently been reversed. By contrast, in a number of OECD countries the number of... |
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No. 38 | 01 Aug 2006 |
Social Assistance Policy Development and the Provision of a Decent Level of Income in Selected OECD Countries
The paper starts with a brief look at social expenditure patterns and the importance of different social policy areas, in particular the role of social assistance policy within social protection systems. It then looks at the objectives of social... |
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No. 37 | 01 Aug 2006 |
Measures of Material Deprivation in OECD Countries
The paper discusses the use of material deprivation measures for an analysis of poverty in OECD countries. Its main goal is to identify suitable survey questions that might be used in comparative analysis, as a first step towards the construction of... |
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No. 39 | 01 Dec 2006 |
Starting Well or Losing their Way?
Despite the fact that today’s young cohorts are smaller in number and better educated than their older counterparts, high youth unemployment remains a serious problem in many OECD countries. This reflects a variety of factors, including the... |
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No. 40 | 04 Dec 2006 |
Neutral or Fair?
1. Economists and policymakers increasingly use the word “actuarial” in the analysis of pension systems and retirement incentives. But the debate is often confused. “Actuarial fairness” and “actuarial neutrality” are promoted loosely as desirable... |
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No. 41 | 05 Dec 2006 |
Is Training More Frequent When the Wage Premium is Smaller?
According to Becker [1964], when labour markets are perfectly competitive, general training is paid by the worker, who reaps all the benefits from the investment. Therefore, ceteris paribus, the greater the training wage premium, the greater the... |
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Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries in the Second Half of the 1990s
Michael Förster and Marco Mira d'Ercole
10 Mar 2005
This report provides evidence on income distribution and poverty in 27 OECD countries over the second half of the 1990s, using data that correct for many of the features that limit cross-country and intertemporal comparisons in this field. Patterns...
Should We Extend the Role of Private Social Expenditure?
Mark Pearson and John P. Martin
21 Mar 2005
Some people make great claims about the advantages to be gained from greater reliance on the private sector for the provision of social protection. Many of the claims for great macroeconomic advantages do not stand up to scrutiny. However, there is...
Counting Immigrants and Expatriates in OECD Countries
Jean-Christophe Dumont and Georges Lemaître
22 Jun 2005
Results presented in this paper based on the new database on immigrants and expatriates in OECD countries, show that (i) the percentage of the foreign-born in European OECD countries is generally higher than the percentage of foreigners; (ii)...
Taxation, Ethnic Ties and the Location Choice of Highly Skilled Immigrants
Thomas Liebig and Alfonso Sousa-Poza
29 Jul 2005
With the emerging international competition to attract highly skilled migrants, the determinants of their choice of residential location are increasing in importance. Besides expected wages and job opportunities, the costs of migration and the...
The "Enabling State?" from Public to Private Responsibility for Social Protection
Neil Gilbert
01 Sept 2005
Policies designed to advance the march toward private financing and delivery of social services follow five main pathways. While some of these approaches to privatization are more direct and transparent than others, all may be pursued simultaneously....
Trends and Determinants of Fertility Rates
Anna Christina D'Addio and Marco Mira d'Ercole
02 Sept 2005
This report tries to explain observed changes in fertility rates across OECD countries, with an emphasis on socio-economic considerations. It aims to extend the understanding of fertility-related behaviours in different ways: first, by explaining...
Welfare Reform in European Countries
Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner and Emmanuel Saez
29 Sept 2005
This paper estimates the welfare and distributional impact of two types of welfare reform in the 15 (pre-enlargement) member countries of the European Union. The reforms are revenue neutral and financed by an overall and uniform increase in marginal...
Labour Protection in China
Anders Reutersward
07 Nov 2005
One of the key institutional outcomes of China’s economic reforms has been to create a new role for employers that is separate from the state, and allows enterprises to concentrate on their business. To protect workers, the government has set up...
Can Parents Afford to Work?
Herwig Immervoll and David Barber
16 Dec 2005
Finding a suitable balance of work and family life is not an easy task for parents who face multiple, and potentially conflicting, demands. Childcare policies play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks. But...
Net Social Expenditure, 2005 Edition
Willem Adema and Maxime Ladaique
16 Dec 2005
This is the 2005 edition of a Net Social Expenditure paper that contains information on net (after tax) public and private social expenditure. These indicators supplement the detailed historical information on gross (before tax) publicly mandated...
Social Disadvantage and Education Experiences
Stephen Machin
17 Feb 2006
This paper discusses how social disadvantage affects the learning experiences of households with fewer economic resources, at each stage of the individuals' life-course, and on some of the "social" effects of such learning. It argues that while...
Alternative Measures of Well-Being
Romina Boarini, Åsa Johansson and Marco Mira d'Ercole
17 Feb 2006
All discussions about the desirability of policy reforms rest on judgements about their effects on individuals and societal well-being. Yet, suitable measures for assessing how well-being is changing over time or compares across countries are...
Employment Patterns in OECD Countries
Andrea Bassanini and Romain Duval
09 Jun 2006
This paper explores the impact of policies and institutions on employment and unemployment of OECD countries in the past decades. Reduced-form unemployment equations, consistent with standard wage setting/pricesetting models, are estimated using...
An Age Perspective on Economic Well-Being and Social Protection in Nine OECD Countries
Thai-Thanh Dang, Herwig Immervoll, Daniela Mantovani, Kristian Orsini and Holly Sutherland
09 Jun 2006
For a number of reasons, incomes vary strongly with age. The nature of this variation is of interest for a wide range of policy purposes. Since age structures differ across countries, knowledge about the incomes earned by different age groups is also...
From Inactivity to Work
Stéphane Carcillo and David Grubb
15 Jun 2006
Many OECD countries have in recent decades experienced periods of relatively rapid growth in nonemployment benefit expenditures and recipiency rates which have not subsequently been reversed. By contrast, in a number of OECD countries the number of...
Social Assistance Policy Development and the Provision of a Decent Level of Income in Selected OECD Countries
Willem Adema
01 Aug 2006
The paper starts with a brief look at social expenditure patterns and the importance of different social policy areas, in particular the role of social assistance policy within social protection systems. It then looks at the objectives of social...
Measures of Material Deprivation in OECD Countries
Romina Boarini and Marco Mira d'Ercole
01 Aug 2006
The paper discusses the use of material deprivation measures for an analysis of poverty in OECD countries. Its main goal is to identify suitable survey questions that might be used in comparative analysis, as a first step towards the construction of...
Starting Well or Losing their Way?
Glenda Quintini and Sébastien Martin
01 Dec 2006
Despite the fact that today’s young cohorts are smaller in number and better educated than their older counterparts, high youth unemployment remains a serious problem in many OECD countries. This reflects a variety of factors, including the...
Neutral or Fair?
Monika Queisser and Edward Whitehouse
04 Dec 2006
1. Economists and policymakers increasingly use the word “actuarial” in the analysis of pension systems and retirement incentives. But the debate is often confused. “Actuarial fairness” and “actuarial neutrality” are promoted loosely as desirable...
Is Training More Frequent When the Wage Premium is Smaller?
Andrea Bassanini and Giorgio Brunello
05 Dec 2006
According to Becker [1964], when labour markets are perfectly competitive, general training is paid by the worker, who reaps all the benefits from the investment. Therefore, ceteris paribus, the greater the training wage premium, the greater the...