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14 Jan 2002
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Article
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R&D and Productivity Growth: Panel Data Analysis of 16 OECD Countries
Dominique Guellec, Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Pages: 103–126
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OECD Economic Studies
This study investigates the long-term effects of various types of R&D on multi-factor productivity growth, which are the spillover effects of R&D activities. Econometric estimates are conducted on a panel of 16 OECD countries, over the period ...
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14 June 2001
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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R&D and Productivity Growth: Panel Data Analysis of 16 OECD Countries
Dominique Guellec, Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Pages: 26
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
This study investigates the long-term effects of various types of R&D on multifactor productivity growth, which is the spillover effect of R&D. Econometric estimates are conducted on a panel of 16 OECD countries, over the period 1980-98. All results are averages over countries and time, and...
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22 May 2013
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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R&D, Patenting and Growth: The Role of Public Policy
Ben Westmore, Pages: 49
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper uses panel regression techniques to assess the policy determinants of private sector innovative
activity – proxied by R&D expenditure and the number of new patents – across 19 OECD countries. The
relationship between innovation indicators and multifactor productivity (MFP) growth is...
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27 Oct 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Implementation in Germany: Challenges and Benefits
OECD, Pages: 71
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
RFID technology is increasingly used in a wide range of tracking and tracing applications. This study compares the implementation of RFID across a broad range of sectors, drawing on interviews with early adopters of RFID technology in Germany.
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14 Jan 2008
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Working/Policy Paper
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Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID): A Focus on Information Security and Privacy
OECD, Pages: 71
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
The deployment of RFID brings significant economic promise. But is RFID sufficiently secure and privacy-friendly ? This paper clarifies the capabilities and limitations of RFID, identifies the associated security and privacy challenges, and suggests measures that can be implemented to address them.
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27 Feb 2006
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Working/Policy Paper
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Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID): Drivers, Challenges and Public Policy Considerations
OECD, Pages: 36
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
RFID touches on several regulatory and/or policy issues with potentially wide-ranging social, economic, as well as national security implications, including international trade, intellectual property rights, standards, spectrum, security, and privacy.
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28 July 2009
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Article
English
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Radioactive Waste Management Act (Republic of Korea, 2009)
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency, Pages: 117–133
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
The purpose of this act is to safeguard against the dangers and harmful effects of radioactive waste and to contribute to public safety and environmental protection by laying down requirements for the safe and efficient management of radioactive ...
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01 Feb 2009
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Railway and Ports Organization in the Republic of South Africa and Turkey: The Integrator's Paradise?
Louis S. Thompson, Pages: 37
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OECD/ITF Joint Transport Research Centre Discussion Papers
This paper looks in detail at the cases of two countries that exhibit extreme cases of transport organization. In both countries,
the railway and most of the ports are under unitary control, with essentially no regulation and only limited information available to assess behavior. If economies...
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07 May 2013
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Railway Efficiency
Arne Beck, Heiner Bente, Martin Schilling, Pages: 44
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International Transport Forum Discussion Papers
Railway efficiency is a topic of interest worldwide for railway managers operating in competitive markets and for fiscally strained governments. Several recent studies indicate that European railways differ in terms of their efficiency. Based on a comparison with some major non-European railway...
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04 Aug 2006
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Working/Policy Paper
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Raising Economic Performance by Fostering Product Market Competition in Germany
Andrés Fuentes, Eckhard Wurzel, Andreas Reindl, Pages: 43
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Much scope remains to make regulation of product markets more conducive to competition ?
notwithstanding progress in recent years ? with substantial benefits for consumer welfare, productivity and employment. While the general competition legislation and enforcement framework is mostly...
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28 Aug 2008
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Working/Policy Paper
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Raising Education Achievement and Breaking the Cycle of Inequality in the United Kingdom
Anne-Marie Brook, Pages: 36
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Globalisation, together with skill-biased technical change, is changing the composition of jobs in
advanced economies and raising the level of skills required to do them. This has increased the importance
of educating a large proportion of the population to much higher standards than in the...
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21 Sep 2009
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Raising Education Outcomes in Greece
Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou, Pages: 37
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Despite progress over the past decades, Greece?s educational indicators lag behind those of other OECD countries. PISA scores are low, a large number of tertiary students study abroad, and attainment rates are low at all levels of education. Resources devoted to education are also modest....
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17 Feb 2009
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Working/Policy Paper
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Raising Education Outcomes in Spain
Andrés Fuentes, Pages: 40
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Impressive progress has been made in raising participation in early childhood education as well as tertiary educational attainment over the past 30 years. However, the inflow of poorly educated youth into the labour market is unusually heavy for a high-income country, largely on account of high...
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02 Feb 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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Raising Education Outcomes in Switzerland
Andrés Fuentes, Pages: 38
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Almost all workers are educated at least to the upper secondary level and vocational education contributes to one of the most successful transition performances of youth to employment in the OECD. Higher education enjoys an excellent reputation, as reflected in one of the highest scientific...
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13 Oct 2005
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Working/Policy Paper
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Raising Greece's Potential Output Growth
Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou, Helmut Ziegelschmidt, Pages: 59
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This Working Paper looks at structural policies which would improve Greece’s long-term economic performance and help speed economic and social convergence with average European Union member countries. It focuses on a number of key areas which are particularly important for rapid growth as they...
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21 Oct 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Raising Investment in Brazil
Jens Arnold, Pages: 38
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Low investment rates are limiting Brazil’s future potential growth rate. This paper analyses a number of potential reasons for these low investment rates and discusses policy options to achieve faster capital accumulation. A shortage of domestic saving appears to be a major constraint to higher...
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18 Jan 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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Raising Potential Growth After the Crisis: A Quantitative Assessment of the Potential Gains from Various Structural Reforms in the OECD Area and Beyond
Romain Bouis, Romain Duval, Pages: 36
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper provides an illustrative assessment of the impacts on potential GDP over a 5 to 10-year horizon of structural reform scenarios in the areas of product and labour markets, relying on existing OECD empirical studies. Results of simulations suggest that a gradual alignment of product...
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06 Mar 2009
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Raising the Flexibility of the Slovak Economy during the Catch-Up Phase
Isabell Koske, Pages: 30
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
As in other catch-up countries inflation is likely to stay high going forward due to nominal
convergence. To better cope with the risk of a too rapid pick up of wages during the convergence process
on the one hand and to raise the adjustment potential of the economy to macroeconomic shocks on...
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31 Oct 2000
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Working/Policy Paper
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Raising the Speed Limit: US Economic Growth in the Information Age
Dale W. Jorgenson, Kevin J. Stiroh, Pages: 79
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper examines the underpinnings of the successful performance of the US economy in the late 1990s. Relative to the early 1990s, output growth has accelerated by nearly two percentage points. We attribute this to rapid capital accumulation, a surge in hours worked, and faster growth of...
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19 Nov 2008
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Working/Policy Paper
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Ranking Port Cities with High Exposure and Vulnerability to Climate Extremes: Exposure Estimates
R. J. Nicholls, S. Hanson, C. Herweijer, N. Patmore, S. Hallegatte, J. Corfee-Morlot, Jean Chateau, Robert Muir-Wood, Pages: 63
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OECD Environment Working Papers
This global screening study makes a first estimate of the exposure of the world's large port cities to coastal
flooding due to storm surge and damage due to high winds. This assessment also investigates how climate
change is likely to impact each port city's exposure to coastal flooding by the...
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