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.
23-February-2018
English
Norway’s success in maintaining high living standards, low inequality and good progress in gender balance owes much to its business sector.
23-February-2018
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Norway makes substantial public investment in transport and this has intensified in recent years. There is potentially large economic benefit from such investment, particularly as good transport infrastructure can help Norway’s transition away from oil-related activities.
10-January-2018
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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
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The United Kingdom displays large regional disparities in productivity compared to most other OECD countries, with a large gap between London and most other regions.
10-January-2018
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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
Can reforms that shift the balance among different taxes in the revenue mix lastingly influence the overall prosperity of an economy and the distribution of income across households?
19-December-2017
English
A highly educated and skilled workforce has been an important driver of productivity performance and prosperity in Belgium.