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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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How effective are different social policies in Brazil? A simulation experiment
Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2021
Brazil spends around 15% of GDP on different social benefits, but within these expenditures, different benefits have different social impacts. While the small conditional cash transfer programme Bolsa Família is well-targeted to the poor and has a strong diminishing effect on inequality,...
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Filling in the gaps: Expanding social protection in Colombia
Garda, Paula - 2022
The pandemic has highlighted significant gaps in social protection, in particularamong informal workers. With around 60 …% of workers in informal jobs, many of those most in need of social protection are left behind. The government has … attempted to fill this gap with non-contributory benefits, but coverage and benefit levels are low. Better-off formal workers …
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The Ageing Challenge in Norway : Ensuring a Sustainable Pension and Welfare System
Bellone, Benoît - 2006
Norway will face a fast maturing old age pension scheme over the 30 next years whereas oil revenues will supply only a part of implicit liabilities related to the present generation. This working paper examines the recently proposed new measures to strengthen long term fiscal sustainability in...
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Social Policies in Indonesia
Comola, Margherita - 2010
Indonesia has made considerable progress over the years in improving the social conditions of its population, especially among disadvantaged groups, not least by raising government spending and strengthening social protection programmes. Nevertheless, in some respects social outcomes remain...
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Strengthening the social safety net in Korea
Hwang, Hyunjeong - 2022
workers in non-standard employment. The resulting social protection gaps compound income inequality and undermine financial …
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Mortgage finance across OECD countries
van Hoenselaar, Frank - 2021
The landscapes of housing loan markets vary considerably across OECD countries, reflecting differences in preferences and policy settings. This paper first draws a topography of disparities in mortgage structure, documenting considerable variation across OECD countries in key features such as in...
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Migration, housing and regional disparities: A gravity model of inter-regional migration with an application to selected OECD countries
Cavalleri, Maria Chiara - 2021
Inter-regional migration – the movements of the population from one region to another within the same country – can be an important mechanism of spatial economic adjustment, affecting regional demographic and growth patterns. This paper examines the economic and housing-related factors that...
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Labour market transitions across OECD countries: Stylised facts
Causa, Orsetta - 2021
This paper provides a descriptive analysis of patterns and trends of worker transitions across European countries and the United States, with an emphasis on differences across socio-economic groups. Understanding labour market transitions is important to gauge the scope of labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801196
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The tortoise and the hare: The race between vaccine rollout and new COVID variants
Turner, David - 2021
New variants of the virus are spreading which, together with seasonal effects, are estimated to be able to raise effective reproduction numbers by up to 90%. Meanwhile, many countries are rolling out vaccination programmes, but at varying speeds. Hence the race is on to beat the variants with...
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