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DEV Centre WP 250: Effects of Migration on Sending Countries: What Do We Know?

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27-Jun-2006

Louka T. Katseli, Robert E.B. Lucas and Theodora Xenogiani

This paper, focusing mostly on European migration, provides an evaluative review which aims to enhance our understanding of migration and its potential role for development.

New Europe, new frontiers, new opportunities, new challenges

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28-Mar-2006

Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General of the OECD

In this speech delivered at the European Banking and Financial Forum in Prague, the OECD's Secretary-General says that in order to represent an economic force greater than the US, and help move multilateralism ...

Co-operation between the European Commission and the OECD LEED Programme

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08-Nov-2005

Click here to know more about the co-operation of the European Commission (DG Employment and Social Affairs) with the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme.

Welfare Reform in European Countries (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 28)

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30-Sep-2005

Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner and Emmanuel Saez

This paper estimates the welfare and distributional impact of two types of welfare reform in the 15 (pre-enlargement) member countries of the European Union. The reforms are revenue neutral and financed by an overall and uniform increase in marginal tax rates on earnings.

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.