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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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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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labour force. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Survey of the Russian Federation (www …
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In the 16 years since the OECD began conducting Economic Surveys of the Russian Federation, a great many policy recommendations relating to structural reform and framework conditions have been made. This paper, expanding on Annex 1.A1 in the 2011 OECD Economic Survey of the Russian Federation,...
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This paper uses the OECD’s indicators of product market regulation (PMR) to assess the extent to which the regulatory environment in Russia supports competition and to draw attention to the areas where further reform efforts would pay dividends. The indicators show that, despite improvements...
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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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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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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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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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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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