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No. 1259 | 21 Aug 2015 |
Structural policies and productivity
This paper provides empirical evidence on links between the productivity of Portuguese firms and a number of policy variables in Portugal. The analysis is based on a census of Portuguese manufacturing companies, covering more than 40,000 firms... |
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No. 1258 | 21 Aug 2015 |
Reducing inequality and poverty in Portugal
Portugal has one of the most unequal income distributions in Europe and poverty levels are high. The economic crisis has halted a long-term gradual decline in both inequality and poverty and the number of poor households is rising, with children and... |
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No. 1257 | 21 Aug 2015 |
Boosting export performance in Portugal
In the years before the economic crisis, Portugal had low growth, a decline in export competitiveness and rising imbalances that included a large current account deficit and a strong expansion of the non-tradable sector. Strengthening export... |
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No. 1256 | 21 Aug 2015 |
Making New Zealand's economic growth more inclusive
New Zealand generally performs well in terms of economic and social inclusion. It has high employment rates, and education and health-care systems work well for most. However, some New Zealanders are stuck on low incomes and face material deprivation... |
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No. 1255 | 01 Aug 2015 |
Policy areas for increasing productivity in Latvia
Much of the convergence of the Latvian economy needs to come from productivity increases. To achieve this, policy makers should do more to facilitate the integration of the economy into global trade and promote competitive business environment. By... |
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No. 1254 | 01 Aug 2015 |
Improving public sector efficiency for more inclusive growth in Latvia
This working paper explores avenues to improve public sector efficiency in Latvia, a catching-up and ageing economy where spending needs are large. Ensuring that spending allocated to core services (e.g. education, healthcare) is adequate to achieve... |
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No. 1253 | 07 Aug 2015 |
Non-standard contracts, flexibility and employment adjustment
This paper examines the use of two forms of non-standard work contracts in Russia with data from an enterprise survey for the years 2009 to 2011. Non-standard work contracts are less costly and more flexible for employers. Internal adjustment in form... |
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No. 1252 | 07 Aug 2015 |
Russia: Progress in Structural Reform and Framework Conditions 2011-13
Since 1995 when OECD began conducting Economic Surveys of the Russian Federation many policy recommendations relating to structural reform and framework conditions have been made. This paper is an update of an earlier paper that described actions... |
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No. 1251 | 28 Jul 2015 |
Economic resilience: what role for policies?
The global financial crisis highlighted the importance of strengthening the resilience of our economies to adverse shocks. In this paper, we take stock of studies carried out primarily within, but also outside the OECD, to better understand the role... |
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No. 1250 | 28 Jul 2015 |
Economic resilience: The usefulness of early warning indicators in OECD countries
The global financial crisis and the high associated costs have revived the academic and policy interest in “early warning indicators” of crises. This paper provides empirical evidence on the usefulness of a new set of vulnerability indicators,... |
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No. 1249 | 28 Jul 2015 |
Economic resilience: A new set of vulnerability indicators for OECD countries
The high costs of crises underscore the need to strengthen the resilience of economies, notably by assessing early on potential vulnerabilities that can lead to such costly events. This paper first discusses the source and nature of potential... |
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No. 1248 | 23 Jul 2015 |
Fiscal constitutions: An empirical assessment
Fiscal constitutions comprise the set of rules and frameworks guiding fiscal policy that are enshrined in a country’s fundamental laws. This paper compares the fiscal constitutions of 15 federal countries by empirically assessing five building... |
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No. 1247 | 09 Jul 2015 |
Sustaining the economic expansion in New Zealand
The NZ economy has performed well over the past few years, having achieved relatively strong GDP and employment growth. However, some constraints to sustaining this momentum beyond the short term are emerging in the fields of skills, housing and... |
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No. 1246 | 09 Jul 2015 |
Policies for inclusive and sustainable growth in Indonesia
Indonesia has a very good record of poverty reduction, having halved its incidence over the past two decades. Nevertheless, almost 30 million people still live below the national poverty line, mostly in rural areas and in certain provinces. In order... |
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No. 1245 | 09 Jul 2015 |
Enhancing the financing of the real economy and financial stability in the United Kingdom
The banking sector in the United Kingdom (UK) was deeply affected by the crisis. Bank credit has collapsed reflecting both weak demand and tighter supply. New prudential requirements have improved the resilience of the banking sector and a number of... |
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No. 1244 | 09 Jul 2015 |
Improving infrastructure in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom (UK) has spent less on infrastructure compared to other OECD countries over the past three decades. The perceived quality of UK infrastructure assets is close to the OECD average but lower than in other G7 countries. Capacity... |
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No. 1243 | 15 Jul 2015 |
Restoring the financial sector and corporate deleveraging in Slovenia
Excessive credit growth, poor risk assessment and lax lending standards in the run up to the 2008 global crisis led to unsustainable debt build-up in banks and related corporates. A weak framework for the governance of largely state-owned banks is... |
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No. 1242 | 15 Jul 2015 |
The economic consequences of an ageing population in Slovenia
Slovenia’s population is set to age rapidly in the coming decades. This demographic trend will increasingly put pressure on already fragile public finances as age related expenditure is projected to rise by 3 percentage points of GDP by the year... |
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No. 1241 | 15 Jul 2015 |
Raising competitiveness and long-term growth of the Slovenian economy
The rapid growth after independence stopped in 2008 as the global crisis exposed important structural weaknesses. Large state involvement and rigid labour and product markets lowered productivity. Weak corporate governance and easy credit before the... |
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No. 1240 | 23 Jul 2015 |
Luxembourg – diversifying a small open economy
Developing activities in areas other than finance would help to sustain growth and deal with the declining potential output and trend productivity growth that Luxembourg’s economy is facing. Given the relatively high labour costs, Luxembourg’s future... |
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Structural policies and productivity
Jens Matthias Arnold and Natália Barbosa
21 Aug 2015
This paper provides empirical evidence on links between the productivity of Portuguese firms and a number of policy variables in Portugal. The analysis is based on a census of Portuguese manufacturing companies, covering more than 40,000 firms...
Reducing inequality and poverty in Portugal
Jens Matthias Arnold and Carlos Farinha Rodrigues
21 Aug 2015
Portugal has one of the most unequal income distributions in Europe and poverty levels are high. The economic crisis has halted a long-term gradual decline in both inequality and poverty and the number of poor households is rising, with children and...
Boosting export performance in Portugal
Jens Matthias Arnold
21 Aug 2015
In the years before the economic crisis, Portugal had low growth, a decline in export competitiveness and rising imbalances that included a large current account deficit and a strong expansion of the non-tradable sector. Strengthening export...
Making New Zealand's economic growth more inclusive
David Carey
21 Aug 2015
New Zealand generally performs well in terms of economic and social inclusion. It has high employment rates, and education and health-care systems work well for most. However, some New Zealanders are stuck on low incomes and face material deprivation...
Policy areas for increasing productivity in Latvia
Zuzana Smidova
01 Aug 2015
Much of the convergence of the Latvian economy needs to come from productivity increases. To achieve this, policy makers should do more to facilitate the integration of the economy into global trade and promote competitive business environment. By...
Improving public sector efficiency for more inclusive growth in Latvia
Caroline Klein and Robert Price
01 Aug 2015
This working paper explores avenues to improve public sector efficiency in Latvia, a catching-up and ageing economy where spending needs are large. Ensuring that spending allocated to core services (e.g. education, healthcare) is adequate to achieve...
Non-standard contracts, flexibility and employment adjustment
Larisa Smirnykh and Andreas Wörgötter
07 Aug 2015
This paper examines the use of two forms of non-standard work contracts in Russia with data from an enterprise survey for the years 2009 to 2011. Non-standard work contracts are less costly and more flexible for employers. Internal adjustment in form...
Russia: Progress in Structural Reform and Framework Conditions 2011-13
Yana Vaziakova
07 Aug 2015
Since 1995 when OECD began conducting Economic Surveys of the Russian Federation many policy recommendations relating to structural reform and framework conditions have been made. This paper is an update of an earlier paper that described actions...
Economic resilience: what role for policies?
Aida Caldera Sánchez, Morten Rasmussen and Oliver Röhn
28 Jul 2015
The global financial crisis highlighted the importance of strengthening the resilience of our economies to adverse shocks. In this paper, we take stock of studies carried out primarily within, but also outside the OECD, to better understand the role...
Economic resilience: The usefulness of early warning indicators in OECD countries
Mikkel Hermansen and Oliver Röhn
28 Jul 2015
The global financial crisis and the high associated costs have revived the academic and policy interest in “early warning indicators” of crises. This paper provides empirical evidence on the usefulness of a new set of vulnerability indicators,...
Economic resilience: A new set of vulnerability indicators for OECD countries
Oliver Röhn, Aida Caldera Sánchez, Mikkel Hermansen and Morten Rasmussen
28 Jul 2015
The high costs of crises underscore the need to strengthen the resilience of economies, notably by assessing early on potential vulnerabilities that can lead to such costly events. This paper first discusses the source and nature of potential...
Fiscal constitutions: An empirical assessment
Hansjörg Blöchliger and Jaroslaw Kantorowicz
23 Jul 2015
Fiscal constitutions comprise the set of rules and frameworks guiding fiscal policy that are enshrined in a country’s fundamental laws. This paper compares the fiscal constitutions of 15 federal countries by empirically assessing five building...
Sustaining the economic expansion in New Zealand
Corinne Luu
09 Jul 2015
The NZ economy has performed well over the past few years, having achieved relatively strong GDP and employment growth. However, some constraints to sustaining this momentum beyond the short term are emerging in the fields of skills, housing and...
Policies for inclusive and sustainable growth in Indonesia
Petar Vujanovic
09 Jul 2015
Indonesia has a very good record of poverty reduction, having halved its incidence over the past two decades. Nevertheless, almost 30 million people still live below the national poverty line, mostly in rural areas and in certain provinces. In order...
Enhancing the financing of the real economy and financial stability in the United Kingdom
Olena Havrylchyk and Rafal Kierzenkowski
09 Jul 2015
The banking sector in the United Kingdom (UK) was deeply affected by the crisis. Bank credit has collapsed reflecting both weak demand and tighter supply. New prudential requirements have improved the resilience of the banking sector and a number of...
Improving infrastructure in the United Kingdom
Mauro Pisu, Barbara Pels and Novella Bottini
09 Jul 2015
The United Kingdom (UK) has spent less on infrastructure compared to other OECD countries over the past three decades. The perceived quality of UK infrastructure assets is close to the OECD average but lower than in other G7 countries. Capacity...
Restoring the financial sector and corporate deleveraging in Slovenia
Urban Sila
15 Jul 2015
Excessive credit growth, poor risk assessment and lax lending standards in the run up to the 2008 global crisis led to unsustainable debt build-up in banks and related corporates. A weak framework for the governance of largely state-owned banks is...
The economic consequences of an ageing population in Slovenia
Peter Walkenhorst and Urban Sila
15 Jul 2015
Slovenia’s population is set to age rapidly in the coming decades. This demographic trend will increasingly put pressure on already fragile public finances as age related expenditure is projected to rise by 3 percentage points of GDP by the year...
Raising competitiveness and long-term growth of the Slovenian economy
Urban Sila, Nataša Jemec and Hermes Morgavi
15 Jul 2015
The rapid growth after independence stopped in 2008 as the global crisis exposed important structural weaknesses. Large state involvement and rigid labour and product markets lowered productivity. Weak corporate governance and easy credit before the...
Luxembourg – diversifying a small open economy
Jan Stráský and Eckhard Wurzel
23 Jul 2015
Developing activities in areas other than finance would help to sustain growth and deal with the declining potential output and trend productivity growth that Luxembourg’s economy is facing. Given the relatively high labour costs, Luxembourg’s future...