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11-Mar-2008
Families with children have paid less in tax as a percentage of their income in recent years in Australia, Hungary, Ireland and New Zealand, thanks to family-friendly tax policies, but wage-earners in some other OECD countries, including Greece, Iceland, Korea and Mexico, have wound up with higher tax bills due to so-called fiscal drag.
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07-Mar-2008
Family-friendly workplace practices and attention to gender equity in hiring and management help to improve productivity and economic performance, OECD studies show. To mark International Women's Day, OECD is highlighting aspects of its work on gender issues and promoting diversity in its workforce.
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05-Mar-2008
"Solutions to the key environmental challenges are available, achievable and affordable, especially when compared to the expected economic growth and the costs and consequences of inaction", OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria said at the worldwide launch of the 2008 OECD Environmental Outlook in Oslo, hosted by Norway's Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg.
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04-Mar-2008
Governments in many OECD countries have made good but uneven progress over the past 12 months in implementing the economic reforms needed to improve living standards, according to the OECD's latest Going for Growth report.
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28-Feb-2008
After several years of rapid economic expansion, the key challenge for policy is to restore economic balance. There is also a need to strengthen the macro-economic policy framework. In a longer-term perspective, a major challenge is to improve cost-effectiveness in the health-care sector.
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20-Feb-2008
New Zealand should encourage young people to stay in school past the age of 16 in order to boost their chances of finding a job, according to a new OECD report.
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20-Feb-2008
OECD governments need to do more to help immigrants integrate and make better use of their skills, according to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.
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19-Feb-2008
After several years of strong growth, the economy shows signs of overheating. This should be counteracted via prudent fiscal policy and labour market reforms. Boosting employment is also vital given Denmark's ambitious, but costly, welfare priorities in areas like healthcare. Finally, reducing the distortions from high marginal tax rates must be a key priority, this report argues.
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19-Feb-2008
Disclosures concerning alleged widespread tax evasion by German citizens through Liechtenstein highlight a much broader challenge in today's globalised economy: how to respond to countries and territories that seek to profit from tax dodging by residents of other jurisdictions.
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31-Jan-2008
The Dutch economy is making a successful comeback, but is now facing labour shortages. The main challenge to improve living standards is to boost hours worked by females, increase the effective retirement age, and to bring outsiders back to the labour market.
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Financial crisis: Save our savings
Amid the worst current financial crisis since the 1930s, EU leaders have pledged to protect savers’ deposits. Already most OECD countries have explicit deposit insurance schemes for savings up to certain limits. In a number of countries these have now been raised temporarily.
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