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Social Assistance in Oecd Countries
This article presents selected results from the first comparative study of social assistance across all 24 countries of the OECD. The scope of social assistance, discussed in the first section, is…
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The use of replacement rates in international comparisons of benefit systems
Comparative studies of social security systems have increasingly turned towards the use of replacement rates as measures of the level of benefits in different countries and therefore of the degree of…
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The Australian system of social protection—an overview
Provides an overview of the Australian system of income support within the broader context of social protection policies. Updating Peter Whiteford's original Policy Research Paper (published in…
What works best in reducing child poverty: a benefit or work strategy?
Child poverty is firmly on the policy agenda in many OECD countries. One of the main issues in the debate is the appropriate balance between the so-called “benefits strategy” (increasing the adequacy…
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How Much Redistribution Do Governments Achieve? The Role of Cash Transfers and Household Taxes
GROWING UNEQUAL? – ISBN 978-92-64-044180-0 – © OECD 2008 110 welfare state spending and taxation have no behavioural impact on the distribution of market incomes. In particular, in countries with…
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Australia: Inequality and Prosperity and their Impacts in a Radical Welfare State
Over the past forty years the economic fortunes of Australian households have fallen into two fairly distinct periods. In the “disappointing decades” of the 1970s and 1980s, real wages stagnated,…
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Pension Challenges and Pension Reforms in Oecd Countries
The 30 OECD member countries have very diverse pension systems. Current old-age public pension spending varies between less than 1 and more than 10 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). Public…
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Household Equivalence Scales: New Australian Estimates from the 1984 Household Expenditure Survey*
Equivalence scales are measures of the relative incomes required by households of different size and composition to attain a similar standard of living, and are used in analysis of consumer…
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Incomes and Living Standards of Older People: A Comparative Analysis
This report provides a new empirical analysis of the incomes of older people in eleven countries. It also presents results, for a narrower range of countries, of an analysis of living standards,…
An Overview of Australia's System of Income and Employment Assistance for the Unemployed
This report provides an overview of Australia’s labour market policies, with a focus on income support benefits and employment assistance for people of working age. It traces historical developments…
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