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Structural Reforms to Boost Turkey's Long-Term Growth

Gönenç, Rauf; Röhn, Oliver; Koen, Vincent; Saygili, … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

Turkey can achieve strong sustainable growth and job creation but further reforms in the labour market, education and product markets are required for such gains to materialise. In recent years, growth has been largely driven by the industrial catch-up of Anatolian regions, although the Marmara...

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Reassessing the NAIRUs after the Crisis

Guichard, Stéphanie; Rusticelli, Elena - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

The financial crisis has resulted in a substantial increase in unemployment in the OECD. This paper shows that this increase has reversed the reduction in structural unemployment which has been estimated to have occurred in most OECD countries since the late 1990s. Structural unemployment is...

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Reforming the Labour Market in Spain

Wölfl, Anita; Mora-Sanguinetti, Juan S. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

After steady employment growth since the 1990s, Spain has experienced the sharpest increase in unemployment among OECD countries during the crisis, amplified by structural problems of the labour market. Very high de facto severance payment of permanent contracts has resulted in a rigid dual...

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Making the Luxembourg Labour Market Work Better

Lawson, Jeremy - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

Rapid economic growth over the past two decades has substantially increased employment in Luxembourg, which has largely been met by in–flows of cross–border workers and, to a lesser extent, immigration. Unemployment has remained low compared to other European countries. These significant...

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Fostering a strong labour market to support the recovery and sustain growth in Switzerland

Salins, Veronique - 2022

Switzerland has a well-functioning labour market with low unemployment, a highly skilled workforce and well-paid jobs. It has proved resilient during the COVID-19 crisis, helped by extensive government support to employment and incomes. As activity recovers, the authorities face the challenge of...

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Making the Luxembourg Labour Market Work Better

Lawson, Jeremy - 2010

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Fostering Inclusive Growth in Turkey by Promoting Structural Change in the Business Sector

Gönenç, Rauf; Röhn, Oliver; Koen, Vincent; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Turkey’s business sector dynamism has underpinned broad-based and inclusive growth in the 2000s. However, the business sector is highly segmented, with a relatively small core of modern high-productivity corporations, and myriad small, less formal and low-productivity entities. This hampers...

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Sharing the Fruits of Growth with all Mexicans

Olaberría, Eduardo; Dugain, Valéry - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

protection. It also means promoting an inclusive labour market to reduce informality and increase female labour market …

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Tackling Business and Labour Informality in Chile

Contreras, Dante; Mello, Luiz de; Puentes, Esteban - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

Informality often arises from disincentives associated with high taxes and a restrictive regulatory framework in both … reducing labour informality. To the extent that informal businesses also hire informally, there is some room for designing … policies to tackle business informality in conjunction with those aimed at boosting formal labour contracting. Chile is …

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Income Inequality and Poverty in Colombia - Part 1. The Role of the Labour Market

Joumard, Isabelle; Vélez, Juliana Londoño - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards. Income dispersion largely originates from the labour market, which is characterised by a still high unemployment rate, a pervasive informal sector and a wide wage dispersion...

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