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Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some weakening in Germany’s position relative to other OECD countries has occurred recently. While the redirection of resources towards unification-related spending as well as low...
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diffusion of innovation and productivity growth. It suggests focusing more on these framework conditions, notably by …
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This paper explores the productivity impact of trade, product market and financial market policies over the last decade … in China – a fast growing country where, despite significant reform action, regulatory stance remains still far from OECD … investigating the link between these policies and productivity growth depending on how far incumbents are relative to the …
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China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced …
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to which China’s regulatory environment is supportive of competition in markets for goods and services. The results … aspects of China’s regulatory framework and suggests a number of policy initiatives that would improve the extent to which … lowering barriers to foreign direct investment in services would also increase competition and enhance productivity growth …
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This paper identifies and analyses some key challenges that OECD and partner economies may face over the coming 50 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...
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We propose a new method to analyse the changing skills structure of employment in countries based on the input-output structure of the world economy. Demand for jobs, characterized by skill type and industry of employment, is driven by changes in technology, trade and consumption. Using...
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Despite a general trend of increasing labour income inequality, there have been differences in the timing, intensity and even direction of these changes across OECD countries. These stylized facts have led to numerous studies about the main determinants of labour income inequality and, as a...
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This paper explores the role of macroeconomic factors and structural policies in shaping the distribution of labour income. Technological change and globalisation play at least some role in driving inequality patterns, but structural policy can also have an important influence on inequality...
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Over the past decades, top incomes have soared, especially in the English-speaking countries. Despite a considerable amount of research on top income developments, there is still substantial disagreement about the causes for their rapid increase. Potential explanations include changes in...
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