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Labour market resilience : the role of structural and macroeconomic policies

Hijzen, Alexander; Kappeler, Andreas; Pak, Mathilde; … - 2017

This paper provides an overview of labour market resilience in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008-09 and the role played by macroeconomic and structural policies. The OECD unemployment rate has returned to close to its pre-crisis level, but the unemployment cost of the Great Recession has...

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Tax and benefit reforms to support employment and inclusiveness and address poverty in Italy

Bulman, Tim; Pacifico, Daniele; Pisu, Mauro; … - 2019

This paper assesses Italy’s 2019 tax and benefit reforms, analyses hypothetical reforms and proposes a reform package that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and the EUROMOD microsimulation models, it shows that...

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Labour market policies to promote growth and social cohesion in Korea

Jones, Randall Sidney; Urasawa, Satoshi - 2013

Labour market reform to improve growth prospects and reduce inequality is a top priority in the face of rapid population ageing and a dualistic labour market. Sustaining output growth requires policies to mitigate the impact of rapid population ageing by increasing labour inputs from...

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Enhancing skills to boost growth in Hungary

Machlica, Gabriel - 2017

economy is making the labour market increasingly knowledge-based. The education system has reacted to this structural change …

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Fostering Argentina's integration into the world economy

Grundke, Robert; Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2019

economy can offer. With exports and imports only accounting for less than 30% of GDP, Argentina is significantly less … integrated into the world economy than other emerging market economies. This reflects several decades of inward oriented policies … stronger integration into the global economy. It also discusses policy options for opening up and for accompanying policies to …

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Miracle or mirage : what role can trade policies play in tackling global trade imbalances?

Flaig, Dorothee; Haugh, David; Kowalski, Przemyslaw; … - 2018

Global trade imbalances narrowed in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. They have remained at a lower level but are still of concern to policy makers because of the risks they pose to individual economies, as well as globally. However, the ultimate causes of these imbalances are not...

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Long-term patterns of trade and specialisation

Johansson, Åsa; Olaberria, Eduardo - 2014

This paper presents descriptive evidence of specialisation trends and investigates empirically their causes and consequences, analysing the role of policies in this process. Then, based on the insights from the backward looking analysis, it draws global trade and specialisation scenarios up to...

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Reaping the benefits of global value chains in Turkey

Ziemann, Volker; Guérard, Béatrice - 2017

adjustment process towards a more export-oriented economy operating on a level playing field needs to be flanked by dedicated …

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Making employment more inclusive in the Netherlands

Baker, Mark; Gielens, Lindy - 2018

The Dutch labour market has recovered and the unemployment rate has been converging towards pre-crisis levels. Non-standard forms of work have expanded with a strong trend towards self-employment and an increased reliance on temporary contracts. These developments may reflect a preference of...

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Boosting productivity in Russia : skills, education and innovation

Demmou, Lilas; Wörgötter, Andreas - 2015

strengthened to respond to the needs of a skill-based economy. School-employer cooperation is low and opportunities for higher …

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