Benefits and Wages: Statistics

Main tax-benefit indicators:

(These may be revised as the need arises. Users should therefore check back for updates. Latest update: November 2008)

• Net replacement rates (NRR) during the initial phase of unemployment, 2001-2006
• Net replacement rates (NRR) for long-term unemployed, 2001-2006 
• Net replacement rates (NRR) over a 5-year period following unemployment, 2001-2006
• Gross replacement rates (GRR) available for uneven years from 1961 to 2005

Country specific files:

The analyses draw on detailed country-specific information about tax and benefit systems from 2001 to 2006.
These also contain illustrations of how net incomes are calculated in each country.
Calculated taxes, benefits and net incomes for a range of earnings levels and family situations are available in the form of so-called “budget constraint” graphs (See Chapter 3 of Benefits and Wages for details)

                 Country-chapters                      Budget constraint       

                 information                       calculations & charts

             (.pdf)                                       (.xls)    

OECD Tax-Benefit Models:

The models used for computing tax and benefit results in this publication are now available on an “as-is” basis to those interested in using them for research purposes:
   ° Read these important notes (.pdf, 72kb)
   ° OECD tax-benefit calculation models (.zip, 1 100kb)
   ° Installation notes (.pdf, 220kb).

For further information, please contact social.contact@oecd.org. 
     OECD Social Policy Division: www.oecd.org/els/social www.oecd.org/els/social/workincentives