CPB Communication | 29 March 2018
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Welfare state
Unemploymentbenefits, disability insurance, welfare, old age pensions, housing. The Netherlands is a welfare state. This welfare state requires constant maintenance, therfore it´s one of CPB´s main researchtopics.
The housing market is also a research topic for CPB. The government has a large influence on the housing market, with subsidies and tax benefits for home owners, tenants, developers and building cooperatives. CPB research in this area focuses on government policy and the functioning of the housing market.
Most recent publications
CPB Policy Brief 2018/03 | 15 February 2018
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CPB Background Document | 15 February 2018
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Optimal Taxation of Secondary Earners in the Netherlands: Has Equity Lost Ground?
The Netherlands witnessed major reforms in the taxation of (potential) secondary earners over the past decade. Using the inverse-optimal method of optimal taxation we recover the implicit social welfare weights of single- and dual-earner couples over time. The social welfare weights are grosso modo well-behaved before the reforms.
CPB Discussion Paper 375 | 15 February 2018
60 pages | pdf document, 3.6 MB
Should CBA’s include a correction for the marginal excess burden of taxation?
According to economic theory, taxation drives a wedge between private and public benefits, which distorts labour supply, consumption and investment and leads to loss of welfare.
CPB Discussion Paper 370 | 24 January 2018
26 pages | pdf document, 1.3 MB