Inequality of Carbon Intensities Across OECD Countries

Common Cycles Across OECD Countries

The strong correlation between Australian and US output growth over the last two decades has been widely documented and analysed. What has always been difficult to understand is the source of this correlation, particularly since the extent of Australia’s integration with the US economy is no greater in many respects than with other countries. A recent research project within the Economic Resear...

Inequality Trends in Some Developed OECD Countries

This paper argues that income inequality has increased in several, but not all, developed countries over the last twenty years. The increase in some countries supports the conclusion that the deregulation of markets, resulting in the concentration of economic power, is the fundamental cause as well as the gross manifestation of inequality of both income and wealth. JEL classifi cation: D30 (Gen...

A Family Affair: Intergenerational Social Mobility across OECD Countries

Policy reform can remove obstacles to intergenerational social mobility and thereby promote equality of opportunities across individuals. Such reform will also enhance economic growth by allocating human resources to their best use. This chapter assesses recent crosscountry patterns in intergenerational social mobility and examines the role that public policies play in affecting mobility. Inter...

A Family Affair: Intergenerational Social Mobility across OECD Countries

Assessing health care outcomes across OECD countries and over time

Improving health care systems, while containing cost pressures, is a key policy challenge in most OECD countries. The recent economic and financial crisis has weighed heavily on fiscal positions – with gross government debt projected to exceed 100% of GDP in the OECD area by 2011 – and reinforced the need to improve public spending efficiency. Public spending on health care is one of the larges...