countries, especially those in the G7, which possess huge reserves of oil wealth but have undertaken economic diversification to … factor productivity, GDP volatility, negative returns on investment, and a labor force that is too reliant on government … suggested. The analysis shows that greater efforts are needed to stimulate the diversification of the production base by …

regulation and labour market rigidity seems particularly substantial. -- Productivity ; growth ; regulations ; market rigidities …

This paper examines the impact of employment protection legislation on productivity in the OECD, using annual cross …-country aggregate data on the degree of regulations and industry-level data on productivity from 1982 to 2003. We adopt a "difference …-in-differences" framework, which exploits likely differences in the productivity effect of dismissal regulations in different industries. Our …

unemployment on productivity growth heavily depends on the influence of human capital in the production function. In the … traditional Solow model, unemployment has neither an influence on long-run productivity growth nor on the long-run level of … productivity. However, if human capital matters, unemployment has a long-run effect on the level of productivity. Moreover, if we …

excessive financial risk. Recent theory concludes that 10-15% of a worker's wealth portfolio can be prudently invested in … financial risk. We also find that families with employer stock are found to express more tolerance of financial risk, have … higher self-rated knowledge of personal finances, and are more likely to understand the value of diversification. While …

risk sharing. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive empirical evaluation of the patterns of risk sharing among … different groups of countries and examine how international financial integration has affected the evolution of risk sharing … patterns. Using a variety of empirical techniques, we conclude that there is at best a modest degree of international risk …