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Policy Influences on Economic Growth in OECD Countries : An Evaluation of the Evidence
Ahn, Sanghoon - 2000
; finance; trade and competition policy; ‘social capital’; and, population and health issues ... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445666
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The Impact on Growth of Higher Efficiency of Public Spending on Schools
Gonand, Frédéric - 2007
This paper assesses the impact on economic growth of increased efficiency of public spending in primary and lower-secondary education. Higher efficiency in public spending in schools can bolster growth through two main channels. On the one hand, it can allow a transfer of labour from the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444402
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Promoting Potential Growth : The Role of Structural Reform
de Mello, Luiz - 2010
The global crisis has left many G20 countries with an unenviable legacy of lower potential output and high government indebtedness. Global imbalances, which had narrowed during the recession, are now beginning to widen again, as the recovery takes hold. Structural reform will be needed not only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444800
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Indicator Models of Real GDP Growth in Selected OECD Countries
Sédillot, Franck - 2003
Accurate and timely information on the current state of economic activity is an important requirement for the policymaking process. Delays in the publication of official statistics mean that a complete picture of economic developments within a particular period emerges only some time after that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446988
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Summary of a Workshop on Global Convergence Scenarios : Structural and Policy Issues
Vanston, Nick - 2006
This document forms a record of a workshop held on 16 January 2006, aimed at examining the mechanisms underlying cross-country convergence of per capita GDP, to what extent they operate in practice, and the implications for policies, including those requiring plausible long-term projections of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444679
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Alternative Measures of Well-Being
Boarini, Romina - 2006
This paper assesses if GDP per capita is an adequate proxy as a measure of wellbeing or whether other indicators are more suitable for this purpose. Within the national accounts framework, other better measures of economic resources exist, but they are closely correlated with GDP per capita and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444706
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Health Status Determinants : Lifestyle, Environment, Health Care Resources and Efficiency
Joumard, Isabelle; André, Christophe; Nicq, Chantal; … - 2008
countries. First, it discusses the pros and cons of various indicators of the health status, concluding that mortality and …This paper aims to shed light on the contribution of health care and other determinants to the health status of the … population and to provide evidence on whether or not health care resources are producing similar value for money across OECD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446247
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Long-Run GDP Growth Framework and Scenarios for the World Economy
Duval, Romain - 2009
This paper develops and applies a simple “conditional growth” framework to make long-term GDP projections for the world economy, taking as a starting point recent empirical evidence about the importance of total factor productivity and human capital in explaining current cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012443085
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Determinants of Long-Term Growth : A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (Bace) Approach
Doppelhofer, Gernot - 2000
This paper examines the robustness of explanatory variables in cross-country economic growth regressions. It employs a novel approach, Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE), which constructs estimates as a weighted average of OLS estimates for every possible combination of included...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445342
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012443921