by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, labour economics

I am surprised that Ireland and Switzerland are so high up in the game. Swedes are poorer than the British despite a much more generous welfare state. France is low in the rankings as is Finland. Japan is doing very poorly on a PPP basis, down there with Italy.

Source: OECD Economic Outlook, Vol. 2015, No. 1.

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