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Benefit Coverage Rates and Household Typologies: Scope and Limitations of Tax-Benefit Indicators (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 20)

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19-Dec-2004

Herwig Immervoll, Pascal Marianna and Marco Mira d'Ercole

This paper presents information on particular aspects of the structure of household populations across countries in order to help in the interpretation of results based on such “typical” family situations.

Average and Marginal Effective Tax Rates Facing Workers in the EU. A Micro-Level Analysis of Levels, Distributions and Driving Factors (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 19)

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09-Dec-2004

Herwig Immervoll

Macro-based effective tax rate (ETR) measures do not provide information on the level or distribution of marginal effective tax rates thought to influence household behaviour. They also do not capture differences in average ETRs facing different population sub-groups. 

Wealth effects on money demand in EMU: econometric evidence

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09-Nov-2004

Laurence Boone, Fanny Mikol and Paul van den Noord

Economics Department Working Paper 411. This paper investigates the determinants of money demand (M3) in the euro area. It specifically examines the potential impact of financial and housing wealth on ...

EMU after 5 years: Remarks by OECD Chief Economist Jean-Philippe Cotis, European Commission Conference on EMU and economic governance

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28-Sep-2004

Jean-Philippe Cotis

Remarks by OECD Chief Economist Jean-Philippe Cotis during the roundtable session on the EMU after 5 years at the European Commission Conference on EMU and economic governance in Brussels on September ...

One money, one cycle? Making Monetary Union a smoother ride

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16-Sep-2004

Peter Hoeller, Claude Giorno and Christine de la Maisonneuve

In recent years the euro area has shown less resilience to the OECD-wide shocks than the English-speaking countries. This paper reviews policy issues that are important in fostering a speedy adjustment to negative shocks. Economics Department Working Paper 401.

Modelling cyclical divergence in the euro area: the housing channel

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15-Sep-2004

Paul van den Noord

The launch of the euro has worked out differently across the area. Housing markets have played a major role. Economics Department Working Paper 400.

Economic Survey of the Euro Area 2004

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27-Jul-2004

What are the key challenges for policy? What prospects for growth and inflation? What future for the Stability and Growth Pact? How to raise the resilience against adverse shocks? How to reap the benefits ...

Economic Survey - Euro area 2004: Regions at work

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27-Jul-2004

The convergence of living standards across the area has been slow. A single market for services is needed, financial services better integrated. The conditions for innovation and diffusion should be improved ...

Economic Survey - Euro area 2004: One money, one cycle?

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27-Jul-2004

Swift inter country adjustment is crucial for the area’s resilience. Structural policies could help to generate faster adjustment.