Taxing Wages: Country note for the Czech Republic

The average worker the Czech Republic faced a tax burden on labour income (tax wedge) of 42.4% in 2013 compared with the OECD average of 35.9%. Czech Republic was ranked 9 of the 34 OECD member countries in this respect.

Publications in Czech

SIGMA publications are produced by staff or experts in the framework of the SIGMA Programme and its activities. Here is the complete list of those available in the Czech language.

Growth and Competition: Challenges for Europe and the Czech Republic

The Czech Republic has made impressive progress in terms of living standards since it joined the OECD 20 years ago, but significant room for improvement exists in several areas. As the external environment is not especially supportive at present, the Czech Republic needs to mobilise domestic drivers of growth to further close the income gap with advanced economies, said OECD Secretary-General.

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• The OECD Secretary-General in Prague, 18 March 2014

Economic Survey of Czech Republic 2014

The 2014 survey calls for structural reforms in competition and improving the links between the labour market and the education system to restart income convergence.

Society at a Glance 2014 - Key findings for Czech Republic

This note presents key findings for Czech Republic from Society at a Glance 2014 - OECD Social indicators. This 2014 publication also provides a special chapter on: the crisis and its aftermath: a “stress test” for societies and for social policies.

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• Society at a Glance 2014

Czech Republic is recovering, but more must be done to jump-start income convergence with euro area countries, OECD says

The Czech economy is finally coming out of a prolonged recession but must take further steps to speed up income convergence towards the euro area countries, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Survey of the Czech Republic.

The OECD Secretary-General in Prague, 18 March 2014

Mr. Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, was in Prague on 18 March on an official visit, to present the 2014 OECD Economic Survey of the Czech Republic. He held a bilateral meeting with Mr. Milos Zeman, President of the Czech Republic, as well as with the Prime Minister, Mr. Bohuslav Sobotka, and several ministers of his Cabinet, and with Mr. Miroslav Singer, Governor of the Czech National Bank.

Revenue Statistics 2013

Tax revenues continue bouncing back from the low levels reported in almost all countries during 2008 and 2009, at the height of the global economic crisis, according to new OECD data in the annual Revenue Statistics publication. This annual publication presents a unique set of detailed and internationally comparable tax revenue data in a common format for all OECD member countries from 1965 onwards.

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• Latin America: Tax revenues continue to rise, but are low and varied among countries, according to new OECD-ECLAC-CIAT report
• Revenue Statistics in Latin America 2014

Producer and Consumer Support Estimates database

Data on government support to agriculture in the OECD area (including European Union) and other major economies, measured by indicators including the Producer Support Estimate (PSE) and Consumer Support Estimate.

Water and Climate Change

This report sets out the challenge for freshwater in a changing climate and provides guidance on how to navigate this new “waterscape”. It highlights trends and practices drawn from the OECD Survey of Policies on Water and Climate Change Adaptation covering all 34 member countries and the EC. Each country profiles provide a snapshot of the challenges posed by climate change for freshwater and the emerging policy responses.

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• The water challenge: OECD's response
• Adaptation to climate change