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Strengthening the innovation system in the Netherlands is a priority for raising productivity growth, which has been …
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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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profitability and productivity that can outweigh the costs of the policy. This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the link … between environmental policy stringency and productivity growth, and the various channels through which such effects can take …
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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 economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
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Intangible assets are an important driver of productivity and ultimately output growth. Yet, despite their aggregate … rise in the past decades, productivity has continued to grow modestly in the majority of OECD countries. This is in part … analysis, the paper provides evidence that easing financing restrictions is particularly beneficial for productivity in sectors …
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productivity (MFP) convergence in a panel of 42 countries. The OECD long-term growth model is augmented to show that, in addition …
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Structural transformation towards a more knowledge-based economy will strengthen Spain’s medium-term growth prospects. To deal with long standing impediments to higher growth the government has a substantial structural reform programme touching on education, the labour market and the business...
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This paper examines shifts in labour productivity growth in the United States and in Europe between 1970 and 2007 based … on econometric tests of structural breaks. Additionally, it makes use of time-series-based projected labour productivity … derived from a 95% confidence interval. The identification of structural breaks in US labour productivity growth is far from …
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endemically weak domestic competition, though the country’s relatively low productivity among domestic business likely signals …
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endemically weak domestic competition, though the country’s relatively low productivity among domestic business likely signals …
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