Source: OECD iLibrary
Source number:
EDS Study ID: 1063
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Source: OECD iLibrary
Keywords:
welfare
social policy
income
poverty
income inequality
benefits
taxes
Summary:
The Social Expenditure Database is comprised of three databases.
Social Expenditure Statistics table (from 1980 with some aggregates
to 1095)
The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to
serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable
and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and
voluntary private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a
unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and
analysing changes in its composition. The main social policy areas are as
follows: old age, survivors, incapacity-related benefits, health, family,
active labour market programmes, unemployment, housing, and other social
policy areas.
Income Distribution (from 1975)
Comparable data on the distribution of household income provide both a
point of reference for judging the performance of any country and an
opportunity to assess the role of common drivers as well as drivers that
are country-specific. They also allow governments to draw on the
experience of different countries in order to learn "what works best" in
narrowing income disparities and poverty. But achieving comparability in
this field is also difficult, as national practices differ widely in terms
of concepts, measures, and statistical sources.
Taxes and Benefits
The Benefits and Wages series addresses the complicated interactions of
tax and benefit systems for different family types and labour market
situations. The series is a valuable tool used to compare the different
benefits made available to those without work and those with different
levels of in-work income. It covers 29 OECD countries for the period
2001-2006. The main social policy areas are as follows: taxes and social
security contributions due on earnings and benefits, unemployment
benefits, social assistance, family benefits, housing benefits, and
in-work benefits. 2007 edition of Benefits and Wages, statistics, country
specific files and tax-benefit models and calculator, which provide
detailed descriptions of all cash benefits available to those in and out
of work as well as the taxes they were liable to pay in 29 OECD countries
for 2001-2006 are available on Benefits and Wages: OECD Indicators.