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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...

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Environmental Policies and Productivity Growth: A Critical Review of Empirical Findings

Koźluk, Tomasz; Zipperer, Vera - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

The economic effects of environmental policies are of central interest to policymakers. The traditional approach sees environmental policies as a burden on economic activity, at least in the short to medium term, as they raise costs without increasing output and restrict the set of production...

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Russia: Progress in Structural Reform and Framework Conditions

Vaziakova, Yana; Barnard, Geoff; Lysenko, Tatiana - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

In the 16 years since the OECD began conducting Economic Surveys of the Russian Federation, a great many policy recommendations relating to structural reform and framework conditions have been made. This paper, expanding on Annex 1.A1 in the 2011 OECD Economic Survey of the Russian Federation,...

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Boosting Productivity in Australia

Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; Barbiero, Omar - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Australia’s productivity growth has decelerated markedly around the turn of the century. Part of the decline is probably temporary, but raising multifactor productivity is key to ensure that living standards continue to grow strongly, especially if the currently strong terms of trade weaken...

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Trade Specialisation and Policies to Foster Competition and Innovation in Denmark

McGowan, Muge Adalet - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Danish productivity has grown only weakly over the past two decades, both historically and in relation to other countries, despite sound policies and institutions. At the same time, the country has lost export market shares. Denmark needs to continue its efforts to reap the benefits of...

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Boosting Productivity in Russia: Skills, Education and Innovation

Demmou, Lilas; Wörgötter, Andreas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

The labour market in Russia is very flexible. Firms adjust to economic shocks through wage cuts, working hour reductions and minimisation of non-wage labour costs. Workers react by changing jobs. This results in a high and stable overall employment rate, but also high wage inequality,...

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Strengthening Innovation in the United States

Carey, David; Hill, Christopher; Kahin, Brian - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

The US innovation system has many strengths, including world class research universities and firms that thrive in innovation-intensive sectors. However, fissures have begun to appear, notably in the areas of human capital development, the patent system and manufacturing activity, while public...

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Chile: Boosting Productivity Growth by Strengthening Competition, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Schwellnus, Cyrille - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

Productivity growth has declined since the late 1990s, slowing the catching-up process. Structural reforms to strengthen competition, entrepreneurship and innovation would go a long way toward enhancing it. Recent competition policy reforms that strengthen enforcement of cartel law must now be...

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Maintaining Switzerland's Top Innovation Capacity

Jaumotte, Florence - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

Despite some weakening in the 1990s, partly due to sluggish trend growth, the Swiss innovation performance has been …<BR>Nonobstant une certaine détérioration durant les années 1990 liée en partie à une croissance tendencielle faible, la performance de …'encore renforcer cette performance et d'aider la Suisse à préserver sa position de leader malgré les changements qui s'opèrent dans l …

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Productivity and Convergence in a Panel of OECD Industries: Do Regulations and Institutions Matter?

Scarpetta, Stefano; Tressel, Thierry - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002

market regulations are negatively associated with productivity performance. The negative effect is larger the further a …

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