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Policies to support sustainable long-term growth in New Zealand

Cheung, Calista - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

As its workforce ages and major economies shift towards producing higher value-added goods and services, New Zealand will face increasing challenges to remain globally competitive and maintain high living standards. Future growth will need to come increasingly from productivity gains, and...

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Economic Growth in the OECD Area: Recent Trends at the Aggregate and Sectoral Level

Scarpetta, Stefano; Bassanini, Andrea; Pilat, Dirk; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

This paper discusses growth performance in the OECD countries over the past two decades. Special attention is given to developments in labour productivity, allowing for human capital accumulation, and multifactor productivity (MFP), allowing for changes in the composition and quality of physical...

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Solow or Lucas?: Testing Growth Models Using Panel Data from OECD Countries

Arnold, Jens; Bassanini, Andrea; Scarpetta, Stefano - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

strong effect of human capital accumulation: the estimated long-run effect on output of one additional year of education … rendement privé de l’investissement en éducation. La vitesse de convergence estimée est trop rapide pour être compatible avec le …

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The Impact on Growth of Higher Efficiency of Public Spending on Schools

Gonand, Frédéric - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

-secondary education. Higher efficiency in public spending in schools can bolster growth through two main channels. On the one hand, it can … le secteur de l'éducation primaire et secondaire. Une plus grande efficacité du système éducatif peut soutenir l …

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Growth Effects of Education and Social Capital in the OECD Countries

Temple, Jonathan - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

This paper surveys the empirical literature on the growth effects of education and social capital. The main focus is on … clarify where empirical work on education using macro data may be relatively useful. It is argued that on balance, the recent … cross-country evidence points to productivity benefits of education that are at least as large as those identified by labour …

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Tackling Business and Labour Informality in Chile

Contreras, Dante; Mello, Luiz de; Puentes, Esteban - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

Informality often arises from disincentives associated with high taxes and a restrictive regulatory framework in both labour and product markets. About 20% of the Chilean population aged 15 years and above and working at least 20 hours per week did not have a formal labour contract in 2006. At...

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Human Capital in Growth Regressions: How much Difference Does Data Quality Make?

Fuente, Angel de la; Donénech, Rafael - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

heuristique afin d’obtenir des profils temporels plausibles en ce qui concerne les niveaux d’éducation en supprimant les ruptures …

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Does Human Capital Matter for Growth in OECD Countries?: Evidence from Pooled Mean-Group Estimates

Bassanini, Andrea; Scarpetta, Stefano - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

output of one additional year of education (about 6 per cent) is also consistent with microeconomic evidence on the private …’investissement en éducation. On trouve également des effets significatifs de l’investissement en capital physique sur la production est …

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Investment in Human Capital Through Post-Compulsory Education and Training: Selected Efficiency and Equity Aspects

Blöndal, Sveinbjörn; Field, Simon; Girouard, Nathalie - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002

age, and also point to the benefits of such investment in education for society as a whole. However, the net gains fall … with age, mainly reflecting a shorter period to take advantage of the benefits that come with education. Finally the paper … notes that students ... Investissement en capital humain au travers de l'éducation et la formation post …

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Long-Run GDP Growth Framework and Scenarios for the World Economy

Duval, Romain; Maisonneuve, Christine de la - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

This paper develops and applies a simple “conditional growth” framework to make long-term GDP projections for the world economy, taking as a starting point recent empirical evidence about the importance of total factor productivity and human capital in explaining current cross-country...

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