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No. 14 | 11 Jun 2015 |
Finance and Inclusive Growth
Finance is a vital ingredient for economic growth, but there can also be too much of it. This study investigates what fifty years of data for OECD countries have to say about the role of the financial sector for economic growth and income inequality... |
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No. 13 | 01 Apr 2015 |
Structural reforms and income distribution
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the effects of structural policies on household disposable incomes at different income levels. More specifically, it investigates the extent to which structural policies have differential long-run impacts... |
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No. 12 | 01 Apr 2015 |
Effects of Pro-Growth Policies on the Economic Stability of Firms, Workers and Households
Economic policies shape how much people earn but also how stable their income and jobs are. The level of earnings and the degree of economic stability both matter for well-being. Micro-level data indicate that, across OECD countries, economic... |
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No. 11 | 08 Jul 2014 |
Vulnerability of Social Institutions
Social institutions face many challenges. The recent economic crisis has provided a stress test as it has left a legacy of high unemployment and high government debt in many countries. It also lowered potential output and thus the revenue base for... |
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No. 10 | 02 Jul 2014 |
Global Trade and Specialisation Patterns Over the Next 50 Years
This report presents descriptive evidence of specialisation trends and investigates empirically their causes and consequences, analysing the role of policies in this process. Then, based on the insights from the backward looking analysis, it draws... |
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No. 9 | 02 Jul 2014 |
Policy Challenges for the Next 50 Years
This paper identifies and analyses some key challenges that OECD and partner economies may face over the coming 50 years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example, global growth... |
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No. 8 | 06 Feb 2014 |
Growth Policies and Macroeconomic Stability
Policy reforms aimed at boosting long-run growth often have side effects – positive or negative – on an economy’s vulnerability to shocks and their propagation. Macroeconomic shocks as severe and protracted as those since 2007 warrant a... |
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No. 7 | 01 Jul 2013 |
Choosing Fiscal Consolidation Instruments Compatible with Growth and Equity
Despite sustained efforts made in recent years to rein in budget deficits, a majority of OECD countries still face substantial public finance consolidation needs moving forward, owing to the legacy of debt accumulation before the crisis, and to the... |
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No. 6 | 26 Jun 2013 |
Public Spending on Health and Long-term Care
This paper proposes a new set of public health and long-term care expenditure projections till 2060, following up on the previous set of projections published in 2006. It disentangles health from longterm care expenditure as well as the demographic... |
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No. 5 | 12 Jun 2013 |
Judicial Performance and its Determinants
Well functioning judiciaries are key to economic development. Combining existing information with a newly collected dataset, the paper provides cross-country comparisons of measures of judicial performance, and investigates how cross-country... |
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No. 4 | 28 May 2013 |
Knowledge-Based Capital, Innovation and Resource Allocation
Investment in knowledge-based capital (KBC) – assets that have no physical embodiment, such as computerised information, innovative property and economic competencies – has been rising significantly. This has implications for innovation and... |
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No. 3 | 09 Nov 2012 |
Looking to 2060: Long-Term Global Growth Prospects
This report presents the results from a new model for projecting growth of OECD and major non-OECD economies over the next 50 years as well as imbalances that arise. A baseline scenario assuming gradual structural reform and fiscal consolidation to... |
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No. 2 | 11 Jun 2012 |
International Capital Mobility
The structure of a country’s external liabilities, as well as the extent and nature of its international financial integration are key determinants of its vulnerability to financial crises. This is confirmed by new empirical analysis covering OECD... |
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No. 1 | 12 Apr 2012 |
Fiscal Consolidation
The economic and financial crisis was the catalyst for a fiscal crisis that engulfs many OECD countries. Consolidating public finances in order to address the consequences of the crisis, underlying weaknesses and also future spending pressures... |
OECD Economic Policy Papers
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- ISSN: 2226583X (online)
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Finance and Inclusive Growth
Boris Cournède, Oliver Denk and Peter Hoeller
11 Jun 2015
Finance is a vital ingredient for economic growth, but there can also be too much of it. This study investigates what fifty years of data for OECD countries have to say about the role of the financial sector for economic growth and income inequality...
Structural reforms and income distribution
Orsetta Causa, Alain de Serres and Nicolas Ruiz
01 Apr 2015
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the effects of structural policies on household disposable incomes at different income levels. More specifically, it investigates the extent to which structural policies have differential long-run impacts...
Effects of Pro-Growth Policies on the Economic Stability of Firms, Workers and Households
Boris Cournède, Paula Garda, Peter Hoeller and Volker Ziemann
01 Apr 2015
Economic policies shape how much people earn but also how stable their income and jobs are. The level of earnings and the degree of economic stability both matter for well-being. Micro-level data indicate that, across OECD countries, economic...
Vulnerability of Social Institutions
Falilou Fall, Debra Bloch, Peter Hoeller, Jon Pareliussen and Mauro Pisu
08 Jul 2014
Social institutions face many challenges. The recent economic crisis has provided a stress test as it has left a legacy of high unemployment and high government debt in many countries. It also lowered potential output and thus the revenue base for...
Global Trade and Specialisation Patterns Over the Next 50 Years
Åsa Johansson and Eduardo Olaberría
02 Jul 2014
This report presents descriptive evidence of specialisation trends and investigates empirically their causes and consequences, analysing the role of policies in this process. Then, based on the insights from the backward looking analysis, it draws...
Policy Challenges for the Next 50 Years
Henrik Braconier, Giuseppe Nicoletti and Ben Westmore
02 Jul 2014
This paper identifies and analyses some key challenges that OECD and partner economies may face over the coming 50 years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example, global growth...
Growth Policies and Macroeconomic Stability
Douglas Sutherland and Peter Hoeller
06 Feb 2014
Policy reforms aimed at boosting long-run growth often have side effects – positive or negative – on an economy’s vulnerability to shocks and their propagation. Macroeconomic shocks as severe and protracted as those since 2007 warrant a...
Choosing Fiscal Consolidation Instruments Compatible with Growth and Equity
Boris Cournède, Antoine Goujard, Álvaro Pina and Alain de Serres
01 Jul 2013
Despite sustained efforts made in recent years to rein in budget deficits, a majority of OECD countries still face substantial public finance consolidation needs moving forward, owing to the legacy of debt accumulation before the crisis, and to the...
Public Spending on Health and Long-term Care
Christine de la Maisonneuve and Joaquim Oliveira Martins
26 Jun 2013
This paper proposes a new set of public health and long-term care expenditure projections till 2060, following up on the previous set of projections published in 2006. It disentangles health from longterm care expenditure as well as the demographic...
Judicial Performance and its Determinants
Giuliana Palumbo, Giulia Giupponi, Luca Nunziata and Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti
12 Jun 2013
Well functioning judiciaries are key to economic development. Combining existing information with a newly collected dataset, the paper provides cross-country comparisons of measures of judicial performance, and investigates how cross-country...
Knowledge-Based Capital, Innovation and Resource Allocation
Dan Andrews and Chiara Criscuolo
28 May 2013
Investment in knowledge-based capital (KBC) – assets that have no physical embodiment, such as computerised information, innovative property and economic competencies – has been rising significantly. This has implications for innovation and...
Looking to 2060: Long-Term Global Growth Prospects
Åsa Johansson, Yvan Guillemette, Fabrice Murtin, David Turner, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Christine de la Maisonneuve, Guillaume Bousquet and Francesca Spinelli
09 Nov 2012
This report presents the results from a new model for projecting growth of OECD and major non-OECD economies over the next 50 years as well as imbalances that arise. A baseline scenario assuming gradual structural reform and fiscal consolidation to...
International Capital Mobility
Rudiger Ahrend, Antoine Goujard and Cyrille Schwellnus
11 Jun 2012
The structure of a country’s external liabilities, as well as the extent and nature of its international financial integration are key determinants of its vulnerability to financial crises. This is confirmed by new empirical analysis covering OECD...
Fiscal Consolidation
Douglas Sutherland, Peter Hoeller and Rossana Merola
12 Apr 2012
The economic and financial crisis was the catalyst for a fiscal crisis that engulfs many OECD countries. Consolidating public finances in order to address the consequences of the crisis, underlying weaknesses and also future spending pressures...