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11 Apr 1985
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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OECD Declaration on Transborder Data Flows
OECD, Pages: 3
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
Rapid technological developments in the field of information, computers and communications are leading to significant structural changes in the economies of Member countries. Flows of computerised data and information are an important consequence of technological advances and are playing an...
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01 June 1987
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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OECD Economic Activity and Non-Oil Commodity Prices: Reduced-Form Equations for INTERLINK
Gerald Holtham, Martine Durand, Pages: 29
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper gives an overview of the determination of non-oil commodity prices in the Economics and Statistics Department's INTERLINK world model. The practical problems which have been encountered, in particular in the context of full simulations are discussed. Based on a number of statistical...
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01 Nov 1988
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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On Aggregation Methods of Purchasing Power Parities
J. R. Cuthbert, M. Cuthbert, Pages: 137
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The development of purchasing power parities as converters of national accounts aggregates to comparable volume figures is important for international economic comparisons. This study is primarily concerned with the aggregation of price relativities to basic heading level: that is, the level...
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01 Sep 1989
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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On the Sequencing of Structural Reforms
Sebastian Edwards, Pages: 129
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Both OECD and developing economies have embarked on structural reforms aimed at dismantling regulations and reducing the extent of distortions affecting different sectors of their economies. Regardless of the marked differences, both groups have to deal with the problems of the appropriate...
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01 Aug 1990
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Optimal Currency Composition of Foreign Debt: The Case of Five Developing Countries
Pier Giorgio Gawronski, Pages: 67
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
Many developing countries lack access to future and option markets to hedge the enormous risks arising from the currency exposure of their foreign debt. And even if these markets are accessible, their maturities are often too short compared to the maturities of long-term debt. The important...
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01 Apr 1991
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Old Age Income Maintenance: Basic Problems and Alternative Responses
Murray Petrie, Peter Sturm, Pages: 78
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The rapid increase -- over the next thirty years -- in the population share of persons above retirement age has led to a steady increase in attention paid by OECD Governments to questions concerning old age income maintenance. The attached paper looks at the proper role the Government can play...
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01 Jan 1992
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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OECD's Indicators of International Trade and Competitiveness
Martine Durand, Jacques Simon, Colin Webb, Pages: 51
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper presents the methodology adopted by the Economics Department to calculate indices of effective exchange rates and indicators of competitiveness, based on unit labour costs and export unit values in the manufacturing sector. The calculation derives from a double-weighting system which...
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01 Feb 1992
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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On the Pricing of LDC Debt: An Analysis Based on Historical Evidence from Latin America
Béatriz Armendariz de Aghion, Pages: 23
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
This paper displays and discusses historical data on sovereign debt prices for two Latin American countries and provides a signalling framework to account for the following phenomena: (a) prices for old (defaulted) and newly-issued debts were the same, but such prices diverge and rise sharply...
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01 May 1992
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Offensive and Defensive Responses by European Multinationals to a World of Trade Blocs
John M. Stopford, Pages: 53
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
European multinationals show a growing divergence in their response to the formation of regional trade blocs, according to evidence from seven industries. European firms that are strong competitors at the world level are able to adjust aggressively to changes within Europe without disturbing...
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01 Jan 1994
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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OECD Model Comparison Project (II) on the Costs of Cutting Carbon Emissions: Comparison of Model Structure and Policy Scenarios: GREEN and 12RT
Alan Manne, Joaquim O. Martins, Pages: 47
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper forms part of the second round of the OECD Model Comparison Project on "The costs of cutting carbon emissions". It provides an overview of two global general equilibrium models GREEN and 12RT. The comparison exercise was carried out by means of five policy scenarios and a set of...
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01 Sep 1995
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Working/Policy Paper
French
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Ouverture et croissance industrielle en Chine: Etude empirique sur un échantillon de villes
Sylvie Démurger, Pages: 38
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
Cette étude porte sur l’impact de la politique "d’ouverture et de réforme" de la Chine sur sa croissance industrielle urbaine à court terme. Elle vise d’une part à expliciter l’origine des différences inter-urbaines de croissance à l’aide des différences observées dans le degré d’ouverture et de mise en œuvre des réformes et d’autre part, à...
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01 Jan 1996
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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OECD Reflections on the Benefits of Mobile Cellular Telecommunication Infrastructure Competition
OECD, Pages: 11
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
The primary findings of this report are: markets with infrastructure competition, and in particular where there is competition in both fixed and mobile networks, are delivering best practice performance in terms of market expansion; while there is evidence that monopoly markets are improved by...
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01 Jan 1997
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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OECD Submission to The UK Low Pay Mission
OECD, Pages: 34
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OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers
This submission provides a brief factual survey of statutory minimum wage systems in OECD countries (Section B) as well as a summary of recommendations concerning minimum wages which have been presented in the OECD Jobs Study and recent OECD Economic Surveys (Section C). This is followed by a...
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01 Jan 1997
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Occupational Classification (ISCO-88): Concepts, Methods, Reliability, Validity and Cross-National Comparability
Peter Elias, Pages: 23
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OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers
This paper considers a range of topics concerned with the statistical application of an occupational classification, focusing in particular upon the use of the international standard, ISCO-88. Following a brief presentation of the conceptual basis of ISCO-88 and on methods of collecting and...
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01 Jan 1997
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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OECD Submission to the Irish National Minimum Wage Commission
OECD, Pages: 37
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OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers
This submission provides a brief factual survey of statutory minimum wage systems in OECD countries (Section B) as well as a summary of recommendations concerning minimum wages which have been presented in the OECD Jobs Study and recent OECD Economic Surveys (Section C). This is followed by a...
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01 Jan 1997
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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OECD Submission to the Irish National Minimum Wage Commission
OECD, Pages: 30
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This submission provides a brief factual survey of statutory minimum wage systems in OECD countries (Section B) as well as a summary of recommendations concerning minimum wages which have been presented in the OECD Jobs Study and recent OECD Economic Surveys (Section C). This is followed by a...
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01 Mar 1997
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Outflows of Capital from China
David Wall, Pages: 55
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
While the world has been mesmerised by China’s emergence as a major player in international trade, now being one of the world’s top ten traders, and also as an absorber of international capital (second only to the United States), China’s state-owned and other public sector enterprises have been...
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01 Apr 1997
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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OECD Submission to the UK Low Pay Commission
OECD, Pages: 29
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
A. IntroductionThis submission provides a brief factual survey of statutory minimum wage systems in OECD countries (Section B) as well as a summary of recommendations concerning minimum wages which have been presented in the OECD Jobs Study and recent OECD Economic Surveys (Section C). This is...
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15 July 1998
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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OECD Data on Skills: Employment by Industry and Occupation
OECD, Pages: 19
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
This document is aimed at disseminating to a wider public the data on employment by industry and occupations for ten OECD countries, that have been collected over the last few years in the context of analytical work aimed at exploring empirically the changing patterns of skills in OECD...
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30 Nov 1999
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Online Advertising and Marketing Directed Toward Children
OECD, Pages: 44
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
OECD Committee on Consumer Policy Forum Session on Online Advertising and Marketing Directed toward Children, intended to provide information on how OECD Member countries are dealing with issues related to children and the Internet.
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