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13 jan 2010
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The wage premium on tertiary education: New estimates for 21 OECD countries
Hubert Strauss, Christine de la Maisonneuve, Pages: 1–29
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
This study focuses on the single most important component of the private return on tertiary education, the gross wage premium. There are at least two additional reasons for paying particular attention to wage premia. First, the wage premium earned ...
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13 jan 2010
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What is holding back productivity growth in India ?: Recent microevidence
Sean Dougherty, Richard Herd, Thomas Chalaux, Pages: 1–22
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
This article examines recent micro-evidence on the productivity of Indian firms, helping to explain why India’s manufacturing sector has not performed as well as many observers expected. A series of structural distortions are documented, all of ...
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13 jan 2010
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How competitive is product market regulation in India?: An international and cross-state comparison
Paul Conway, Richard Herd, Pages: 1–25
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
This paper assesses the extent to which India's regulatory environment promotes or inhibits competition in markets where technology and market conditions make competition viable. The analysis is based on the OECD’s indicators of Product Market ...
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13 jan 2010
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The policy determinants of investment in tertiary education
Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Romina Boarini, Hubert Strauss, Christine de la Maisonneuve, Pages: 1–37
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
The purpose of this article is to discuss how policies can affect investment in tertiary education in ways that would eliminate some of the perceived shortcomings of existing systems, while preserving or (preferably) enhancing equality of access to ...
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13 jan 2010
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Effects of environmental policy on the type of innovation: The case of automotive emission-control technologies
Ivan Hascic, Frans de Vries, Nick Johnstone, Neelakshi Medhi, Pages: 1–18
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
This article uses patent data to assess policy factors (domestic and international) for patenting activity in automotive emission control technologies. Particular attention is paid to the role of different policy types and fuel prices on both ...
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13 jan 2010
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The role of teacher compensation and selected accountability policies for learning outcomes: An empirical analysis for OECD countries
Romina Boarini, Elke Lüdemann, Pages: 1–20
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
Educational outcomes are shaped by a wide range of factors, including innate students’ characteristics, family and school background and other environmental factors. But a key-question for policy-makers is what schools and school policies can do to ...
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13 jan 2010
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Improving public spending efficiency in primary and secondary education
Douglas Sutherland, Robert Price, Frédéric Gonand, Pages: 1–30
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
Influenced by the perceived link between higher levels of educational attainment and growth, the education sector has seen significant reform efforts in recent years in a number of countries. Public spending in this sector has increased on average ...
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13 jan 2010
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The policy determinants of hours worked across OECD countries
Orsetta Causa, Pages: 1–39
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
This article investigates the policy determinants of hours worked among employed individuals in OECD countries, focussing on the impact of taxation, working-time regulations, and other labour and product market policies. It explores the factors ...
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30 déc 2009
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Anglais
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Pre-Emptive Patenting: Securing Market Exclusion and Freedom of Operation
Dominique Guellec, Catalina Martinez, Maria Pluvia Zuniga, Pages: 31
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
We investigate statistically the characteristics, functioning and incidence of pre-emptive patenting,
defined as patent filings whose main effect is to hamper the grant of other patents. Patent applications can
be used to prevent the grant of exclusive rights on markets and technologies to...
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22 déc 2009
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Document/Synthèse
Anglais
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The Emerging Patent Marketplace
Tomoya Yanagisawa, Dominique Guellec, Pages: 53
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
Facilitating the mobilisation, sharing, or exchange of patents is increasingly important to promote
innovation in this globalised and well-networked world, where the circulation of ideas and technologies is
essential to innovation. In the context of open innovation, patents are expected to play...
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21 déc 2009
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Anglais
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International Mobile Roaming Charging in the OECD Area
Sam Paltridge, Yasuhiro Otsuka,, Pages: 110
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
The aim of this report is to provide information and analysis on market developments and pricing in
international mobile roaming service (IMRS). While the wireless industry has witnessed spectacular developments in recent years, and is considered competitive in domestic markets, there is a...
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18 déc 2009
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Fixing fair value accounting
Peter J. Wallison, Pages: 1–8
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
The concept of fair value accounting was introduced in 1993 to make financial statements easier to compare and balance sheets more reflective of real values. This article discusses the true consequences of fair value accounting and its impact on the ...
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18 déc 2009
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Budget transparency around the World: Results from the 2008 open budget survey
Ruth Carlitz, Paolo de Renzio, Warren Krafchik, Vivek Ramkumar, Pages: 1–17
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
The movement for greater fiscal transparency has been gaining momentum in recent years. To contribute to these efforts, the International Budget Partnership (IBP) developed the Open Budget Survey in 2006. The 2008 survey finds that the state of ...
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18 déc 2009
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Budgeting for entitlements
Allen Schick, Pages: 1–13
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
An entitlement is a provision of law that establishes a legal right to public funds. In most OECD countries, entitlements were the principal growth area of public expenditure from the mid 1950s to the mid 1980s. This article discusses budgeting for ...
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18 déc 2009
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Dynamic scoring
Stuart Adam, Antoine Bozio, Pages: 1–26
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
Dynamic scoring – taking full account of all the economic effects of policies when estimating their budgetary effects – is almost self-evidently attractive. But it is formidably difficult to achieve. This paper assesses the key conceptual and ...
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18 déc 2009
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Budgeting in Indonesia
Jón R. Blöndal, Ian Hawkesworth, Hyun Deok Choi, Pages: 1–31
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
This article discusses Indonesia’s economic and fiscal performance following the 1997/98 financial crisis and the transition to democracy, as well as the budget formulation process and the role of Parliament. Aspects of budget implementation are ...
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18 déc 2009
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The challenge of decremental budgeting
Daniel Tarschys, Pages: 1–9
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
At the start of the decremental decade of the 1980s, governments encountered many difficulties in making ends meet. This article discusses some of the problems of post-expansive stagnation and the merits of certain techniques such as indexing ...
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18 déc 2009
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Budgeting for fiscal space
Allen Schick, Pages: 1–18
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
Fiscal space refers to the financial resources available to a government for policy initiatives through the budget and related decisions. This article reviews the factors that contribute to the shrinkage of fiscal space, considers methods for ...
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18 déc 2009
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Comment réformer le système fiscal belge afin de renforcer l'expansion économique
Jens Høj, Pages: 42
Les éléments constitutifs du système fiscal belge influe sur le processus de croissance par des canaux différents et à des degrés divers. Les impôts sur la consommation sont parmi ceux qui faussent le moins la
croissance et il est tout à fait possible, en Belgique, d’exploiter davantage cette source de recettes fiscales. La taxation...
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18 déc 2009
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Anglais
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Towards a Flexible Exchange Rate Policy in Russia
Roland Beck, Geoff Barnard, Pages: 30
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
In the years preceding the onset of the global financial crisis, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) had
two goals: to reduce inflation and limit the real appreciation of the rouble. Given the strength of Russia’s
balance of payments during the ten years through the first half of 2008, the de...
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