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Égert, Balázs; Goujard, Antoine - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Poland’s productivity has grown strongly over the past decade, and efforts to reduce the regulatory burden have been significant. Despite impressive progress, product market regulation remains more burdensome than in most OECD countries, partly due to the importance of red tape and the level...

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Restarting the Growth Engine in Finland

Braconier, Henrik - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

Impressive productivity performance during the last decades has weakened since 2007, reflecting the 2008-09 recession … but also a poor performance in important sectors, like the information and communication technology sector. Reforms to … performance of the higher education system could be improved through allocating more R&D funding and teaching resources based on …

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Sluggish Productivity Growth in Denmark: The Usual Suspects?

McGowan, Muge Adalet; Jamet, Stéphanie - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

Despite sound policies and institutions, Danish productivity has grown modestly over the past decade, both historically and in relation to other countries, contributing to weak economic growth and an erosion in competitiveness. An examination of the four potential drivers of this puzzle, namely...

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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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Summary of a Workshop on Global Convergence Scenarios: Structural and Policy Issues

Vanston, Nick - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

This document forms a record of a workshop held on 16 January 2006, aimed at examining the mechanisms underlying cross-country convergence of per capita GDP, to what extent they operate in practice, and the implications for policies, including those requiring plausible long-term projections of...

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