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Income support policies during the early stages of the current downturn
Results in this series show how social and fiscal policies affect working and unemployed individuals and their families. Unemployment benefits and related out-of-work support help prevent those without work from falling into poverty but can at the same time reduce the incentive to work; this is one of the main dilemmas of social policy. A range of innovative policy measures aim at making work pay while maintaining adequate incomes for those unable to find a job.
The latest update of policy indicators illustrates how different families were affected by job or earnings losses at the onset of the current economic crisis. Data presented in these pages can be used to
• compare levels of safety-net benefits across countries,
• show how much people have to earn in order to escape poverty,
• and how much they gain from taking a job.
What's new ?
- January 2012: Eligibility criteria for unemployment benefits: Quantitative indicators for OECD and EU countries (Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 131)
- May 2011: At a meeting in Paris on 2-3 May 2011, Social Policy Ministers exchanged views on the serious short- and long-term challenges citizens are facing today and on what we could do to address them. They discussed the social impact of the global economic crisis and compare approaches to adapt social policy to support the recovery.
- March 2011: Main indicators, country specific files, the tax-benefit calculator and OECD Tax-Benefit models on tax and benefit systems for the year 2009 and for 38 countries (32 OECD countries and Bulgaria, Cyprus*, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Romania) are now available.The full Tax/benefits database is now available on OECD.STAT. (The update of the overview tables of tax/benefit policies is in progress.)
- February 8-9th 2010: IZA/OECD Workshop on Economic Crisis, Rising Unemployment and Policy Responses: What Does It Mean for the Income Distribution?
- September 2009: Making the most of income-support policies in a downturn
The current downturn is severely testing the adequacy of unemployment benefit systems as the primary safety net for job-losers and their families. This section of chapter 1 of OECD Employment Outlook 2009 considers the scope and generosity of existing income-support policies and asks whether, and how, support measures should be adapted to deal with the challenges occasioned by a severe recession.
* Footnote by Turkey: The information in this document with reference to « Cyprus » relates to the southern part of the Island.There is no single authority representing both Turkish and Greek Cypriot people on the Island. Turkey recognizes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Until a lasting and equitable solution is found within the context of United Nations,Turkey shall preserve its position concerning the “Cyprus issue”.
* Footnote by all the European Union Member States of the OECD and the European Commission: The Republic of Cyprus is recognized by all members of the United Nations with the exception of Turkey. The information in this document relates to the area under the effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.
Statistics:
These may be revised as the need arises. Users should therefore check back for updates. Latest update: January 2012
° Net replacement rates (NRR) during the initial phase of unemployment, 2001-2009
° Net replacement rates (NRR) for long-term unemployed, 2001-2009
° Net replacement rates (NRR) over a five-year period following unemployment, 2001-2009
° Gross replacement rates (GRR) available for uneven years from 1961 to 2007
Interactive tool to simulate household net incomes in and out of work situations.
Detailed country-specific information about tax and benefit systems for 2001 to 2009. The country documents also contain illustrations of how taxes, benefit entitlements and net incomes are calculated step-by-step.
These tables summarise the main tax-benefit policy features of the OECD countries. Full details for all OECD and NON-OECD countries are available in the Country chapters. Latest update: January 2010, current update in progress)
Publications:
The papers are generally available only in their original language - English or French - with a summary in the other.
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)
° OECD tax-benefit control files (.zip, 2 900kb)
° OECD tax-benefit macros (.zip, 1 100kb)
° Installation notes (.pdf, 220kb)
° Methodology (.pdf, 143kb)
For further information, please contact Tax-Benefit.Models@oecd.org.
Further statistics by the OECD Social Policy Division: www.oecd.org/els/social/statistics.
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