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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...

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International Migration: The Relationship with Economic and Policy Factors in the Home and Destination Country

Westmore, Ben - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

from low income economies. However, a rapid catch-up in productivity and wages in these traditional source countries vis …

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The Role of Policy and Institutions for Productivity and Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Micro and Industry Data

Scarpetta, Stefano; Hemmings, Philip; Tressel, Thierry; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002

market play for productivity and firm dynamics. It exploits a new firm-level database for ten OECD countries and industry … and labour markets. Aggregate productivity patterns are largely the result of within-firm performance. But, the … play an important role. Industry productivity performance is negatively affected by strict product market regulations …

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Structural Policies and Growth: A Non-Technical Overview

Serres, Alain de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003

the case of Japan the gap in GDP per capita is essentially due to the lagging performance in labour productivity, the …

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Taxation and Economic Growth

Johansson, Åsa; Heady, Chistopher; Arnold, Jens; Brys, Bert - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

reduce productivity growth by reducing entrepreneurial activity. While the paper focuses on how taxes affect growth, it …

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Firm Dynamics and Productivity Growth: A Review of Micro Evidence from OECD Countries

Ahn, Sanghoon - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

This paper surveys recent empirical studies exploring aggregate productivity growth based on firm dynamics, focusing on … micro-data from OECD countries. Aggregate productivity growth can be analysed as a sum of two separate processes. <I …>i</I>) Changes in productivity in individual firms at a given size (relative to market). And, <I>ii</I>) a reallocation process due …

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Policy Influences on Economic Growth in OECD Countries: An Evaluation of the Evidence

Ahn, Sanghoon; Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

This paper examines the recent literature on economic growth with a focus on policy issues and evidence relevant to OECD countries. The review begins with an overview of developments in the theory of economic growth and also comments generally on the nature of evidence exploring the influences...

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Raising Greece's Potential Output Growth

Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; Ziegelschmidt, Helmut - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

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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Knowledge, Technology and Economic Growth: Recent Evidence from OECD Countries

Bassanini, Andrea; Scarpetta, Stefano; Visco, Ignazio - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

to developments in labour productivity - allowing for human capital accumulation – and multifactor productivity (MFP …

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Improving the Capacity to Innovate in Germany

Fuentes, Andrés; Wurzel, Eckhard; Morgan, Margaret - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some weakening in Germany’s position relative to other OECD countries has occurred recently. While the redirection of resources towards unification-related spending as well as low...

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