11-June-2012
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Korea faces the challenge of reversing rising inequality while sustaining robust economic growth.
30-May-2012
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A rapid decrease in unemployment is a short-term priority to limit social problems and reduce the risk of rising structural unemployment.
19-April-2012
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Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax-benefit system does little to improve on this.
10-April-2012
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Despite a general trend of increasing labour income inequality, there have been differences in the timing, intensity and even direction of these changes across OECD countries.
27-March-2012
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This paper sheds light on the impact of reforms over time, identifies the horizon over which their full effects materialise, and investigates whether such effects vary with prevailing economic conditions and institutions.
27-March-2012
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This paper explores the short-term effects of labour and product market reforms through a dynamic general equilibrium model that features endogenous producer entry, equilibrium unemployment and costly job creation and destruction.
13-March-2012
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Reducing the extent of inactivity and promoting labour supply is essential to foster labour market outcomes in Hungary in the medium term.
8-February-2012
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This paper studies the impact of recent changes in second pension pillars of three Central and Eastern European Countries on the deficit and implicit debt of their full pension systems.
31-January-2012
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Despite significant increases in spending on child care and education during the last decade, PISA scores suggest that educational performance remains static, uneven and strongly related to parents’ income and background.
12-January-2012
English
This paper explores the role of macroeconomic factors and structural policies in shaping the distribution of labour income.