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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 … sector. Sustaining vigorous growth over the longer run therefore requires pushing ahead with a number of structural reforms …
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requiring plausible long-term projections of economic growth by country or region. The workshop included presentations by …
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This paper provides a summary of an OECD workshop on the causes of economic growth, held 6-7 July 2000. The topics … covered include the recent growth resurgence in the United States, the potential importance of ICT and the Internet, and the … part played by continual reallocation and restructuring. The paper also discusses the growth role of education …
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The recent reform of the Stability and Growth Pact provides more leeway for EU governments to temporarily breach the 3 … flexibility built into the Stability and Growth Pact. It then provides simulation exercises to highlight the positive budgetary …
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The paper explores issues with assessing wellbeing in OECD countries based on self-reported life satisfaction surveys in a pooled regression over time and countries, at the country level and the OECD average. The results, which are in line with previous studies of subjective wellbeing, show...
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The recent reform of the Stability and Growth Pact provides more leeway for EU governments to temporarily breach the 3 … flexibility built into the Stability and Growth Pact. It then provides simulation exercises to highlight the positive budgetary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046157
improving overall literacy and numeracy outcomes. Greater autonomy at the school level and improvements in teaching quality …
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Informality often arises from disincentives associated with high taxes and a restrictive regulatory framework in both labour and product markets. About 20% of the Chilean population aged 15 years and above and working at least 20 hours per week did not have a formal labour contract in 2006. At...
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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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Indonesia has come a long way in improving its tax system over the last decade, both in terms of revenues raised and administrative efficiency. Nonetheless, the tax take is still low, given the need for more spending on infrastructure and social protection. With the exception of the natural...
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