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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 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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046218

Public Sector Spending Efficiency in Estonia: Healthcare and Local Government

Smidova, Zuzana - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

The Estonian fiscal position is much better than in many OECD countries, the country stands out for having a rather lean government sector and the authorities are striving for efficient use of existing resources. Both healthcare and local government were particularly hit the by the decrease of...

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From "Clientelism" to a "Client-Centred Orientation"? The Challenge of Public Administration Reform in Russia

Tompson, William - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

The inefficiency, corruption and lack of accountability that afflict public administration in Russia impose substantial direct costs on both entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens. This paper examines the major weaknesses of Russia’s public administration and assesses the government’s recently...

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Policy Implementation in Italy: Legislation, Public Administration and the Rule of Law

O'Brien, Paul - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

OECD indicators of structural policy show that policy changes in Italy since 1998 should have improved the environment for entrepreneurship significantly, but in the same period its economic performance has deteriorated noticeably. This may be partly because there is a difference between policy...

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Assessing the Efficiency of Welfare Spending in Slovenia with Data Envelopment Analysis

Hribernik, Matevz; Kierzenkowski, Rafal - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

This paper derives estimates of the efficiency of welfare spending in Slovenia and the other OECD countries from data envelopment analysis based on model specifications used in earlier OECD studies. Results suggest that Slovenia ranks about 25th among OECD countries for output efficiency: for a...

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Enhancing the Globalisation of Korea

Jones, Randall S.; Yoon, Taesik - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

Globalisation through foreign direct investment (FDI), international trade and international movements of labour is a key force driving economic growth. Although Korea has become more integrated in the world economy over the past decade, it still ranks low in terms of import penetration, the...

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Migration in OECD countries: Labour Market Impact and Integration Issues

Jean, Sébastien; Causa, Orsetta; Jimenez, Miguel; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

immigration for natives' labour market outcomes, as well as issues linked to immigrants' integration in the host … to immigration.<P>Les migrations dans les pays de l'OCDE : Impact sur le marché du travail et intégration<BR>Les pays de … marché du travail ont un rôle important à jouer afin de favoriser les ajustements économiques associés à l'immigration. …

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Strengthening the Integration of Japan in the World Economy to Benefit more Fully from Globalisation

Jones, Randall S.; Yoon, Taesik - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

Globalisation through international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and international movements of labour is a key force driving economic growth. However, Japan is an outlier among OECD countries, with the lowest levels of import penetration, stock of inward FDI relative to GDP and...

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Integration of Immigrants in OECD Countries: Do Policies Matter?

Causa, Orsetta; Jean, Sébastien - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

This working paper assesses the ease of immigrants' integration in OECD labour markets by estimating how an immigration …

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