25-May-2018
English
The combination of different working-age benefits, childcare costs and income taxation creates complexity, reduces work incentives and holds back employment.
23-February-2018
English
This paper investigates if higher public spending in education and better teacher qualifications are related to student’s performance, using data from Saber 11, a national standardized test conducted by Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la Educación.
10-January-2018
English
More than a quarter of adults in the United Kingdom have low basic skills, which has a negative impact on career prospects, job quality and productivity growth.
10-January-2018
English
France’s health-care system offers high-quality care. Average health outcomes are good, public satisfaction with the health-care system is high, and average household out-of-pocket expenditures are low.
10-January-2018
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Thanks to a highly developed welfare state, poverty is moderate on average in France, but – as in other countries – highly concentrated in some neighbourhoods.
22-December-2017
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Redistribution is quantified as the relative reduction in market income inequality achieved by personal income taxes, employees’ social security contributions and cash transfers, based on household-level micro data.
19-December-2017
English
A highly educated and skilled workforce has been an important driver of productivity performance and prosperity in Belgium.
12-December-2017
English
Switzerland makes more use of its human resources than most other OECD countries. Labour force participation is high and the unemployment rate low for most segments of society.
12-December-2017
English
The mixed growth performance of emerging market economies has revived angst about a "middle-income trap".
29-November-2017
English
This paper estimates and quantifies the impact of structural reforms on per capita income for a large set of OECD and non-OECD countries.