legislation could also raise productivity growth for a while in many OECD and non-OECD G20 countries, although the effects are … 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 … in these areas might also have contributed to as much as half of GDP per capita growth in OECD countries in the decade …

and in relation to other countries, contributing to weak economic growth and an erosion in competitiveness. An examination …

, which has provided a significant boost to growth, productivity, competitiveness, profits and (more controversially …) aggregate employment. Indeed, among the older EU member states, Austria has benefited the most from the transition of the …

and financial policies to incorporate fully the implications of the rapid pro-cyclical growth in financial leverage and …

was strong, but labour utilisation remained very low. Looking forward, higher employment and productivity growth will not … semi–formal and informal economy had a significant contribution to the expansion of the private sector. Productivity growth …

In a majority of OECD countries, GDP growth over the past three decades has been associated with growing income … disparities. To shed some lights on the potential sources of trade-offs between growth and equity, this paper investigates the … long-run impact of structural reforms on GDP per capita and household income distribution. Pro-growth reforms can be …

In recent years, India has enjoyed one of the highest growth rates worldwide, weathering the global financial crisis … investment. Stepping up structural reforms will also be necessary if double-digit growth rates are to be achievable over the … strengthen social welfare systems and access to health and education to ensure widespread benefits from continued high growth …

years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example …, global growth is likely to slow and become increasingly dependent on knowledge and technology, while the economic costs of …

This report presents the results from a new model for projecting growth of OECD and major non-OECD economies over the … finding is that growth of the non-OECD G20 countries will continue to outpace OECD countries, but the difference will narrow … the absence of ambitious policy changes, global imbalances will emerge which could undermine growth. However, ambitious …