The Distributional Impact of Structural Reforms

Abstract

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“…In particular, less stringent product market regulations (PMRs) tend to raise aggregate productivity (Bouis and Duval, 2011;Égert, 2016), which makes it crucial to reduce their burden. And they do not consistently alter income equality (Causa et al, 2016). While barriers to entrepreneurship in Switzerland are slightly lower than the OECD average, the grip of the state on business enterprises is quite firm (Figure 15).…”

Rejuvenating Greece’s labour market to generate more and higher-quality jobs

“…Note: Employment rate: share of working age population (20-64 years) in employment (%). Broad labour underutilisation: Share of inactive, unemployed or involuntary part-timers in population (%), excluding youth (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29) in education and not in employment (%). Earnings quality: Gross hourly earnings in PPP-adjusted USD adjusted for inequality.…”

Housing, wealth accumulation and wealth distribution: Evidence and stylized facts

“…The association between wealth and income inequality at the top is not very tight, as can be seen by comparing the United States and the United Kingdom (Figure 1, Panel B). [8]). This is measured by the difference between the Gini indexes in market and in disposable income, normalised by the Gini index in market income.…”

“…the Netherlands) or to previous years (i.e. Australia, Canada, Norway and the United Kingdom) 8. Norway is included whenever possible but the data coverage of key variables is comparatively poor.…”