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The Low-Skill Losers
Karen Petrou | 30 April 2019Blog, Monetary | Tags: Employment, Federal Reserve, Inequality, QE
The Fed is devoting increasing analytical – if not yet policy-maker – attention to the unequalizing impact of unconventional policy. It’s a start – a major problem besetting central... continue reading
Firm Heterogeneity in Services Trade: Micro-Level Evidence from Eight OECD Countries
Sebastian Benz, Dorothée Rouzet and Francesca Spinelli | 18 April 2019Trade, Working Papers | Tags: Services Trade
This paper shows that smaller and less productive firms, as well as first-time exporters are overproportionally affected by services trade barriers using micro-data from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden,... continue reading
Fiscal Transparency: The Case of Tax Expenditures in Developing Countries
Mario Mansour | 11 April 2019Blog, Fiscal | Tags: Tax Expenditures
In recent years, more developing countries have started reporting on their tax expenditures, however the quality of reporting needs to improve if it is to usefully contribute to fiscal transparency... continue reading
Taxation in Aging Societies – Increasing the Effectiveness and Fairness of Pension Systems
Agustin Redonda, Vincenzo Galasso, Mark Mazur, Miranda Stewart and Matthew Whittaker | 28 March 2019External, Fiscal | Tags: Inequality, Pensions, Tax Expenditures
Population aging is accelerating worldwide and has significant socio-economic implications, including a decline in the size of the labour force, an increase in the age-dependency ratio and a redistribution of... continue reading
Civil Society Groups Across Latin America Are Starting to Question Tax Expenditures
Paolo de Renzio and Alexandre Ciconello | 21 March 2019Blog, Fiscal | Tags: Tax Expenditures
How governments raise the revenues they need to support public spending is a fundamental aspect of public finance. Despite this, taxation has been the focus of limited analysis and action... continue reading
Central Banks and the G20 Agenda. Ensuring Policy Coherence
Alexander Barkawi and José Siaba Serrate | 21 March 2019Blog, Monetary | Tags: Central Banks, G20, Governing Finance
The G20 has come a long way in pulling economies back from the brink. Yet, a lot remains to be done in its pursuit of inclusive and sustainable growth. Productivity... continue reading