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Pandiella, Alberto González - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Irish youth was hit hard by the crisis. Many young workers have remained unemployed for a long time and, unless it is … can get back to work as soon as the recovery strengthens. For many young workers learning new skills is the way to get … empirically-proven to help regain employment; this will require systematic and rigorous evaluation of labour-market programmes and …

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Boosting Productivity in Russia: Skills, Education and Innovation

Demmou, Lilas; Wörgötter, Andreas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

reductions and minimisation of non-wage labour costs. Workers react by changing jobs. This results in a high and stable overall …The labour market in Russia is very flexible. Firms adjust to economic shocks through wage cuts, working hour … employment rate, but also high wage inequality, informality and labour turnover, which limits incentives for firms to invest in …

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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Norway

Høj, Jens; Wise, Michael - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Norwegian growth has been strong over the past decade. This development has been supported by the off-shore sector, but depleting oil reserves implies that growth will have to rely increasingly on the mainland economy. Empirical work shows that competition is important for promoting economic...

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Competition and Efficiency in Publicly Funded Services

Lundsgaard, Jens - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002

This paper reviews the extent to which OECD countries have opened the provision of publicly funded services to competition among public and private suppliers. The paper lays out an analytical framework identifying the inherent incentive and efficiency issues associated with the provision of...

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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Finland

Høj, Jens; Wise, Michael - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Following the deep recession in the early 1990s growth has been strong, but the scope for economic catch-up remains considerable and cross-country empirical evidence suggests that enhancing competition is an important means of achieving this. Structural reforms to strengthen competition in the...

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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Japan

Høj, Jens; Wise, Michael - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Empirical work shows that competition is important for promoting economic growth. However, in Japan the promotion of competition has long been compromised by ministerial guidance and exemptions from the competition law. Thus, the level and growth of productivity have been low in many...

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Boosting Growth Through Greater Competition in Denmark

Jorgensen, Martin - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

This paper discusses ways of strengthening the competitive environment in order to help boost productivity performance in various sectors of the Danish economy. It looks at a number of indicators of the strength of competition — including price levels, industrial concentration and product...

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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in France

Høj, Jens; Wise, Michael - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

Over the past decade, French economic growth has been insufficient to bring down high and persistent unemployment. Available cross-country evidence suggests that enhancing competition is an important means to improve economic performance. France is catching up with best practice in competition...

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Regulation, Productivity and Growth: OECD Evidence

Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Scarpetta, Stefano - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003

In this paper, we relate the scope and depth of regulatory reforms to growth outcomes in OECD countries. By means of a new set of quantitative indicators of regulation, we show that the cross-country variation of regulatory settings has increased in recent years, despite extensive liberalisation...

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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Sweden

Roseveare, Deborah; Jorgensen, Martin; Goranson, Lennart - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Vigorous product market competition plays a central role in bolstering productivity growth. Sweden has strengthened competition legislation and deregulated a number of sectors, including electricity, telecommunications and parts of transport, over the past 10 to 15 years. This paper examines the...

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