New TTPI Working Paper on Effective Marginal Tax Rates in New Zealand

TTPI Working Paper 7/2018: Effective marginal tax rates: The New Zealand case By Dr Patrick Nolan, New Zealand Productivity Commission Abstract: Effective Marginal Tax Rates… Read More ›

Per Capita Survey Reveals Increased Support for Higher Social Security Spending

According to a new survey by thinktank Per Capita, a majority of Australians want to see more government spending on social security. The survey of 1,557… Read More ›

Fiscal Recap: IMF & World Bank 2018 Spring Meetings

The Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) bring together central bankers, ministers… Read More ›

IMF Launches Tax Policy Reform Database (TPRD)

Empirical evaluation of tax reforms is vital to the efficient and fair design of tax systems. However, the study of past tax reforms has been… Read More ›

Just Published: OECD ‘Taxing Wages 2018’ Report

The report, Taxing Wages 2018, is an annual flagship publication by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It provides unique information on the… Read More ›

Jotwell Journal on Legal Scholarship and History of the Citizen-Taxpayer

Jotwell—or The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)—is an online legal journal on recent scholarship relevant to the law. Based at the University of Miami… Read More ›

Seminar: Can Information Shape Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomised Controlled Trials in 12 Countries

Speaker: Christopher Hoy, PhD Scholar, Crawford School, ANU Date & time: Friday 27 April 2018, 9.30am–11.00am Venue: Seminar Room 2, Level 1, JG Crawford Building… Read More ›

Call for Papers: Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics 2018 Conference

Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2018. The Second Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) Conference will promote research excellence and cooperation in Labour and… Read More ›

Australian Institute of Family Studies Publishes New Estimates of the Costs of Children

The report summarises new research on the costs of children conducted by the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. It… Read More ›

OECD and IGF Consultation on Draft Note for Countries to Avoid Profit Shifting in Mining

Limiting the impact of excessive interest deductions on mining revenues – closes on Friday, 18 May 2018. For many resource-rich developing countries, mineral resources present… Read More ›