This note examines the balance of activation strategies in OECD countries, where this type
of policy approach has a long tradition. Countries share the objective of strengthening …

The African Economic Outlook is the only annual report that monitors in detail the economic
performance of 53 individual countries on the continent, using a strictly comparable …

This paper reviews the key issues concerning the impact of public spending and taxation on
long-run growth and inequality and takes stock of existing theoretical and empirical studies …

This paper produces a comprehensive assessment of income redistribution to the working-
age population, covering OECD countries over the last two decades. Redistribution is …

We use a range of data sources to assess if, and to what extent, government redistribution
policies have slowed or accelerated the trend towards greater income disparities in the past …

One of the principal goals of antipoverty efforts should be to improve the absolute living
standards of the least well-off. This book aims to enhance our understanding of how to do …

Almost all Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries
operate comprehensive minimum-income programs for working-age individuals and their …

The long-standing wisdom that universally designed benefits outperform targeted benefits in
terms of poverty reduction has come under siege. Recent empirical studies tend to find that …

This article provides a comparative analysis of three central policies to regulate low wages:
statutory minimum wages, state support for collective bargaining and topping up low wages …

The aim of this chapter is to highlight some key aspects of recent economic research on the
welfare state and antipoverty policy in rich countries and to explore their implications. We …