improve by about 30%, and by more than twice that in Greece. In peripheral countries, a combination of structural reforms to …

sovereign debt crisis in Greece could be one factor that has contributed to the steep and long-lasting recession. This paper …. Overall, this analysis shows that the uncertainty impact on growth has been relatively small in Greece between 2008 and 2013 … vector auto regressive models developed for this exercise. This working paper relates to the 2013 Economic Survey of Greece …

For many years Greece has not made a systematic effort to redesign the whole tax system. Changes to taxation have been …

systems could raise employment rates by several percentage points in a number of OECD countries over a 10-year horizon. Large …

and/or duration of unemployment benefits, cut labour tax wedges and relax employment protection legislation. Past reforms …

Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of … disorders. By contrast, non-employment and retirement are generally worse for mental health than employment, and overemployment … has a negative effect on health. These findings stress the importance of employment and of adequate working conditions for …

declining. Manufacturing has not brought much new employment, and most of the recent rise in manufacturing employment has been …

empirically-proven to help regain employment; this will require systematic and rigorous evaluation of labour-market programmes and …

and youth employment services enhanced. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Review of France (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/France). …