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No. 1752 | 20 Mar 2023 |
Competition, regulation and growth in a digitized world
Digital markets have raised a number of new competition challenges. Ex-post competition policy appears not to be able to address them in their entirety and with the necessary speed. There is considerable consensus, among academics and policy-makers,... |
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No. 1751 | 20 Mar 2023 |
Home, green home: Policies to decarbonise housing
The housing sector is one of the main sources of CO2 emissions in OECD countries, accounting for over a quarter of the total. Robust and rapid action is required to reach the net zero emission target by 2050. Decarbonising housing involves halting... |
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No. 1750 | 03 Mar 2023 |
Health sector performance and efficiency in Ireland
Overall, the health of the Irish population has improved substantially during recent decades and is quite good compared with other OECD countries. However, spending is elevated, partly reflecting a system that is strongly based on hospitals.... |
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No. 1749 | 28 Feb 2023 |
Options for assessing and comparing climate change mitigation policies across countries
This paper reviews different methods for assessing and comparing across countries the impact of climate change mitigation policies and policy packages on emissions. Broadening and deepening past and recent mitigation policies’ stocktaking efforts, as... |
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No. 1748 | 28 Feb 2023 |
Selected policy challenges for the American middle class
The American middle class has shrunk in size since 1970 according to most definitions. This “hollowing” out of the United States income distribution could result in disillusionment, diminished political engagement, and declining trust in... |
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No. 1747 | 22 Dec 2022 |
Measuring the impact of structural reforms and investment policies: A DSGE model for South Africa
This paper aims at quantifying the macroeconomic and distributional impacts of product market reforms and additional public investment using a DSGE model. The model reflects specific features of the South African economy. Tradable and non-tradable... |
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No. 1746 | 22 Dec 2022 |
Boosting productivity to improve living standards in South Africa
Productivity growth has been falling for a decade, hindering improvements in living standards. Low productivity reflects, firstly, poor infrastructure in telecommunications and transport. Secondly, the regulatory environment is not always... |
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No. 1745 | 22 Dec 2022 |
Strengthening the tax system to reduce inequalities and increase revenues in South Africa
The Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated the already deteriorating fiscal situation in South Africa. The current consolidation strategy, based on spending cuts and reprioritisation of spending items, has reached its limits and is insufficient to stabilise... |
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No. 1744 | 22 Dec 2022 |
A cost-of-living squeeze? Distributional implications of rising inflation
Inflation has quickly and significantly increased in most OECD countries since the end of 2021 and further accelerated after Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, mostly driven by surging energy and food prices. Certain categories of households... |
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No. 1743 | 19 Dec 2022 |
Macroeconomic and distributional consequences of net zero policies in the United Kingdom
This paper presents new simulation results for the UK combining macroeconomic simulations in ThreeME, a computable general equilibrium model, with household-level micro-simulations with the aim to provide consistent estimates of macroeconomic and... |
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No. 1742 | 19 Dec 2022 |
Policies to reach net zero emissions in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is among world leaders in reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions, and a broad political consensus supports the target to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050. The UK’s strong institutional framework is an inspiration to... |
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No. 1741 | 16 Dec 2022 |
Product market regulation in Indonesia
Appropriately designed Product Market Regulation (PMR) is essential to enhance productivity, boost economic growth and increase welfare. Regulation is needed to address market failures and guarantee the health and safety of consumers. However, by... |
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No. 1740 | 16 Dec 2022 |
Policies to increase youth employment in Korea
Korea’s low youth employment rate has negative consequences for the young people concerned and the economy as a whole. Raising youth employment is a priority, particularly as Korea faces the most rapid population ageing among OECD countries. Low... |
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No. 1739 | 13 Dec 2022 |
How labour market outcomes reflect age, gender and skills in Korea
Using micro-data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), this paper seeks to answer how age, gender and childbirth are reflected in literacy proficiency, employment prospects and pay, and to which extent labour market outcomes are determined by... |
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No. 1738 | 14 Dec 2022 |
Enhancing insolvency frameworks to support economic renewal
This paper updates of the OECD Insolvency framework indicator, which summarises the main features of insolvency systems, with respect to their ability to prevent the failure of viable firms, allow a timely exit of non-viable companies, facilitate... |
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No. 1737 | 13 Dec 2022 |
Population ageing and government revenue
Population ageing is expected to result in significantly higher government spending in many OECD countries in the coming decades. This paper sheds light on the macroeconomic consequences of population ageing for government revenue in a framework... |
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No. 1736 | 08 Dec 2022 |
Improving the regulatory framework in the natural gas sector in Brazil
This paper describes and analyses recent reforms in the natural gas market in Brazil aimed at fostering a more open, competitive, efficient, and flexible gas sector. This paper reviews the changes in the regulatory framework using two lenses: the... |
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No. 1735 | 08 Dec 2022 |
Product Market Regulation in Brazil
Appropriately designed and implemented regulations are powerful tools for enhancing economic performance. A strong and sound regulatory framework can mitigate threats to health, safety, and the environment and address market imperfections. However,... |
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No. 1734 | 08 Dec 2022 |
The pass-through of the monetary policy rate into lending rates in Mexico
This paper estimates the pass-through of monetary policy rates into five lending rates in Mexico using auto regressive distributed lags models (ARDLs) and taking into account several financial market characteristics. Results show that the... |
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No. 1733 | 30 Nov 2022 |
Strengthening the social safety net in Korea
Social protection in Korea is designed around traditional forms of employment and excludes a substantial share of workers in non-standard employment. The resulting social protection gaps compound income inequality and undermine financial... |
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Competition, regulation and growth in a digitized world
Giuseppe Nicoletti, Cristiana Vitale and Carolina Abate
20 Mar 2023
Digital markets have raised a number of new competition challenges. Ex-post competition policy appears not to be able to address them in their entirety and with the necessary speed. There is considerable consensus, among academics and policy-makers,...
Home, green home: Policies to decarbonise housing
Peter Hoeller, Volker Ziemann, Boris Cournède and Manuel Bétin
20 Mar 2023
The housing sector is one of the main sources of CO2 emissions in OECD countries, accounting for over a quarter of the total. Robust and rapid action is required to reach the net zero emission target by 2050. Decarbonising housing involves halting...
Health sector performance and efficiency in Ireland
Patrizio Sicari and Douglas Sutherland
03 Mar 2023
Overall, the health of the Irish population has improved substantially during recent decades and is quite good compared with other OECD countries. However, spending is elevated, partly reflecting a system that is strongly based on hospitals....
Options for assessing and comparing climate change mitigation policies across countries
Mauro Pisu, Filippo Maria D’Arcangelo, Assia Elgouacem, Tobias Kruse and Yannick Hemmerlé
28 Feb 2023
This paper reviews different methods for assessing and comparing across countries the impact of climate change mitigation policies and policy packages on emissions. Broadening and deepening past and recent mitigation policies’ stocktaking efforts, as...
Selected policy challenges for the American middle class
Ben Westmore and Alvaro Leandro
28 Feb 2023
The American middle class has shrunk in size since 1970 according to most definitions. This “hollowing” out of the United States income distribution could result in disillusionment, diminished political engagement, and declining trust in...
Measuring the impact of structural reforms and investment policies: A DSGE model for South Africa
Falilou Fall and Paul Cahu
22 Dec 2022
This paper aims at quantifying the macroeconomic and distributional impacts of product market reforms and additional public investment using a DSGE model. The model reflects specific features of the South African economy. Tradable and non-tradable...
Boosting productivity to improve living standards in South Africa
Paul Cahu, Falilou Fall and Priscilla Fialho
22 Dec 2022
Productivity growth has been falling for a decade, hindering improvements in living standards. Low productivity reflects, firstly, poor infrastructure in telecommunications and transport. Secondly, the regulatory environment is not always...
Strengthening the tax system to reduce inequalities and increase revenues in South Africa
Falilou Fall
22 Dec 2022
The Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated the already deteriorating fiscal situation in South Africa. The current consolidation strategy, based on spending cuts and reprioritisation of spending items, has reached its limits and is insufficient to stabilise...
A cost-of-living squeeze? Distributional implications of rising inflation
Orsetta Causa, Emilia Soldani, Nhung Luu and Chiara Soriolo
22 Dec 2022
Inflation has quickly and significantly increased in most OECD countries since the end of 2021 and further accelerated after Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, mostly driven by surging energy and food prices. Certain categories of households...
Macroeconomic and distributional consequences of net zero policies in the United Kingdom
Jon Pareliussen, Aurelien Saussay and Josh Burke
19 Dec 2022
This paper presents new simulation results for the UK combining macroeconomic simulations in ThreeME, a computable general equilibrium model, with household-level micro-simulations with the aim to provide consistent estimates of macroeconomic and...
Policies to reach net zero emissions in the United Kingdom
Jon Pareliussen, David Crowe, Tobias Kruse and Daniela Glocker
19 Dec 2022
The United Kingdom is among world leaders in reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions, and a broad political consensus supports the target to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050. The UK’s strong institutional framework is an inspiration to...
Product market regulation in Indonesia
Christine Lewis, Cristiana Vitale, Rosamaria Bitetti, Auxentius Andry Yudhianto and Javier Terrero-Dávila
16 Dec 2022
Appropriately designed Product Market Regulation (PMR) is essential to enhance productivity, boost economic growth and increase welfare. Regulation is needed to address market failures and guarantee the health and safety of consumers. However, by...
Policies to increase youth employment in Korea
Randall S. Jones and Jinwoan Beom
16 Dec 2022
Korea’s low youth employment rate has negative consequences for the young people concerned and the economy as a whole. Raising youth employment is a priority, particularly as Korea faces the most rapid population ageing among OECD countries. Low...
How labour market outcomes reflect age, gender and skills in Korea
Jon Pareliussen
13 Dec 2022
Using micro-data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), this paper seeks to answer how age, gender and childbirth are reflected in literacy proficiency, employment prospects and pay, and to which extent labour market outcomes are determined by...
Enhancing insolvency frameworks to support economic renewal
Christophe André and Lilas Demmou
14 Dec 2022
This paper updates of the OECD Insolvency framework indicator, which summarises the main features of insolvency systems, with respect to their ability to prevent the failure of viable firms, allow a timely exit of non-viable companies, facilitate...
Population ageing and government revenue
David Crowe, Jörg Haas, Valentine Millot, Łukasz Rawdanowicz and Sébastien Turban
13 Dec 2022
Population ageing is expected to result in significantly higher government spending in many OECD countries in the coming decades. This paper sheds light on the macroeconomic consequences of population ageing for government revenue in a framework...
Improving the regulatory framework in the natural gas sector in Brazil
Cristiana Vitale, Alexis Durand, Gloriana Madrigal, Manuel Gerardo Flores Romero, Pedro Caro de Sousa and Paul Yu
08 Dec 2022
This paper describes and analyses recent reforms in the natural gas market in Brazil aimed at fostering a more open, competitive, efficient, and flexible gas sector. This paper reviews the changes in the regulatory framework using two lenses: the...
Product Market Regulation in Brazil
Cristiana Vitale, Alexis Durand, Pedro Caro de Sousa and Paul Yu
08 Dec 2022
Appropriately designed and implemented regulations are powerful tools for enhancing economic performance. A strong and sound regulatory framework can mitigate threats to health, safety, and the environment and address market imperfections. However,...
The pass-through of the monetary policy rate into lending rates in Mexico
Alessandro Maravalle and Alberto González Pandiella
08 Dec 2022
This paper estimates the pass-through of monetary policy rates into five lending rates in Mexico using auto regressive distributed lags models (ARDLs) and taking into account several financial market characteristics. Results show that the...
Strengthening the social safety net in Korea
Hyunjeong Hwang, Axel Purwin and Jon Pareliussen
30 Nov 2022
Social protection in Korea is designed around traditional forms of employment and excludes a substantial share of workers in non-standard employment. The resulting social protection gaps compound income inequality and undermine financial...