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Advancing Structural Reforms in OECD Countries: Lessons from Twenty Case Studies

Tompson, William; Dang, Thai-Thanh - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

This paper presents in summary form the findings that emerge from a study of 20 structural reform episodes in 10 OECD countries. The study’s principal messages may be summarised as follows. First, it pays to have an electoral mandate for reform. Secondly, major reforms should be accompanied by...

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Sustaining Growth in Korea by Reforming the Labour Market and Improving the Education System

Jones, Randall S.; Tsutsumi, Masahiko - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

A well-functioning labour market is essential to sustain rapid economic growth in the face of population ageing. Priorities are to reverse the rising share of non-regular workers, which has negative implications for both growth and equity, and encourage greater employment of women and youth, who...

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Reforming the Labour Market in Japan to Cope with Increasing Dualism and Population Ageing

Jones, Randall S. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

The proportion of non-regular workers has risen to one-third of total employment. While non-regular employment provides flexibility and cost reductions for firms, it also creates equity and efficiency concerns. A comprehensive approach that includes relaxing the high degree of employment...

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Realising South Africa's Employment Potential

Barnard, Geoff - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

Unemployment in South Africa is extremely high and unevenly distributed, being concentrated among young less-skilled blacks. The legacies of apartheid can explain part of the increase in labour supply and inability of the economy to absorb it which produced the extreme levels of unemployment,...

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The Labour Market in Korea: Enhancing Flexibility and Raising Participation

Jones, Randall S. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

This paper analyses the increasing dualism in the Korean labour market and the need to encourage greater labour force participation. Although the rising proportion of non-regular workers lowers labour costs and increases employment flexibility, it has a negative impact on both equity and...

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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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A Framework for Assessing Green Growth Policies

Serres, Alain de; Murtin, Fabrice; Nicoletti, Giuseppe - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

This paper proposes an analytical framework for assessing policies that will contribute to a better integration of environmental externalities in the pursuit of economic efficiency and growth objectives. The framework consists of two parts. The first part lays out principles and criteria for the...

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The 2013 update of the OECD's database on product market regulation: Policy insights for OECD and non-OECD countries

Koske, Isabell; Wanner, Isabelle; Bitetti, Rosamaria; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

This paper investigates patterns in product market regulation across 34 OECD and 21 non-OECD countries, using an updated and revised version of the OECD’s indicators of product market regulation (PMR). The analysis shows that liberalisation of product markets has further slowed over the past...

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Import Competition, Domestic Regulation and Firm-Level Productivity Growth in the OECD

Yahmed, Sarra Ben; Dougherty, Sean - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

This paper examines how import penetration affects firms' productivity growth taking into account the heterogeneity in firms' distance to the efficiency frontier and country differences in product market regulation. Using firm-level data for a large number of OECD countries, the analysis reveals...

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Exports and Property Prices in France: Are They Connected?

Égert, Balázs; Kierzenkowski, Rafal - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

France has seen a marked deterioration in its export performance in the last 10 years or so. Previous empirical … research pointed out that weak export performance was due to i) vigorous domestic demand; ii) lower mark-ups due to head …. Our econometric analysis shows that the resource reallocation argument helps explain French export performance between the …

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