| Economic
Outcomes |
|
|
|
|
| |
Tax Wedge Married |
Unemployment (2004) |
GDP Growth (2004) |
Income Inequality |
| Sweden |
42.4 |
6.4 |
3.7 |
24.3 |
| France |
41.7 |
9.6 |
2.3 |
27.3 |
| Germany |
35.7 |
9.5 |
1.6 |
27.7 |
| Italy |
35.2 |
8 |
1.2 |
34.7 |
| EU-15 |
31.6 |
8.1 |
2.1 |
28.9* |
| Denmark |
29.6 |
5.4 |
2.1 |
22.5 |
| Norway |
29.6 |
4.4 |
2.8 |
26.1 |
| UK |
27.1 |
4.7 |
3.2 |
32.6 |
| US |
11.9 |
5.5 |
4.2 |
35.7 |
|
* EU-14 (not Belgium) |
| Bolded
figures were better than EU-15 average |
|
|
| Tax Wedge:
Income tax plus employee and employer contributions less cash benefits as a %
of labour costs |
| Source:
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/50/39/36371872.pdf |
|
| Unemployment:
http://hermia.sourceoecd.org/pdf/fact2006pdf/05-02-01.pdf |
|
| GDP Growth:
http://thesius.sourceoecd.org/pdf/fact2006pdf/02-02-01.pdf |
|
|
| Bivariate Correlations |
|
|
| TW: GDP Growth |
-0.47 |
|
| TW:
Unemployment |
0.56 |
|
| TW: Income
Inequality |
-0.55 |
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