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The Retirement Decision in OECD Countries

Blöndal, Sveinbjörn - 1999

, including unemployment-related and disability schemes. Pooled cross-country time-series regressions show that increased …

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Comparative Analysis of Firm Demographics and Survival : Micro-Level Evidence for the OECD Countries

Bartelsman, Eric - 2003

patterns of firm entry, exit, survival and employment growth are described and analysed across countries, sectors, and over … economic policy and institutions may affect aggregate patterns of employment, output, and productivity growth ... …

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Regulation, Productivity and Growth : OECD Evidence

Nicoletti, Giuseppe - 2003

In this paper, we relate the scope and depth of regulatory reforms to growth outcomes in OECD countries. By means of a new set of quantitative indicators of regulation, we show that the cross-country variation of regulatory settings has increased in recent years, despite extensive liberalisation...

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Knowledge, Technology and Economic Growth : Recent Evidence from OECD Countries

Bassanini, Andrea - 2000

In this paper we present an international comparison of growth trends in the OECD countries, with a special attention to developments in labour productivity - allowing for human capital accumulation – and multifactor productivity (MFP) - allowing for changes in the composition of fixed...

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Mark-Up Ratios in Manufacturing Industries : Estimates for 14 OECD Countries

Oliveira Martins, Joaquim - 1996

This paper provides estimates of mark-ups of product prices over marginal costs for 36 manufacturing industries in 14 OECD countries over the 1970- 1992 period. The estimates are based on the methodology put forward by Roeger (1995), extended to include intermediate inputs. After a discussion of...

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

Bassanini, Andrea - 2001

This paper presents empirical estimates of human-capital augmented growth equations for a panel of 21 OECD countries over the period 1971-98. It uses an improved dataset on human capital and a novel econometric technique that reconciles growth model assumptions with the needs of panel data...

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The Economic Effects of Employment-Conditional Income Support Schemes for the Low-Paid : An Illustration from a CGE Model Applied to Four OECD Countries

Bassanini, Andrea - 1999

Problems of unemployment and low pay amongst the low-skilled and those with little work experience are severe in many … OECD countries. Employment-conditional schemes are policy instruments designed to increase the employment prospects of the … simulations suggest that employment effects on targeted households are significant while the impact on aggregate employment is …

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

Scarpetta, Stefano; Bassanini, Andrea; Pilat, Dirk; … - 2000

different employment growth rates across countries. In the most recent years, a rise in MFP growth in ICT-related industries has …

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Regulation and Economic Performance : Product Market Reforms and Productivity in the OECD

Nicoletti, Giuseppe - 2005

This paper assesses the implications of past and ongoing reforms in OECD product markets for the labour productivity gap, a key component of cross-country differences in GDP per capita. After a brief review of the theoretical literature, we bring together the results obtained in some of our...

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Economic Growth: The Role of Policies and Institutions : Panel Data. Evidence from OECD Countries

Bassanini, Andrea - 2001

This paper discusses links between policy settings, institutions and economic growth in OECD countries on the basis of cross-country time-series regressions. The econometric approach allows short-term adjustments and convergence speeds to vary across countries, imposing restrictions only on the...

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