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A well-functioning labour market is indispensable to promote job creation, increase living standards, and develop a cohesive society. In Italy, the various deficiencies of the labour market have resulted in high unemployment, low labour force participation and job-skill mismatch. These...
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Until recently a lack of data meant that little was known about the distribution of firms and firm dynamics in South Africa. A new firm-level panel dataset based on tax data creates opportunities to better understand how firms enter, grow and exit. By using the OECD’s DynEmp framework, which...
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This paper analyses the effects of product market reforms in the short and medium term across 10 regulated industries and 18 advanced economies for the period 1998-2013 using internationally comparable firm-level data based on Orbis. It provides four key insights. First, product market reforms...
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This paper reviews policies to strengthen Germany’s productivity growth and prepare for changes in labour markets … reformed for the future of work. Germany enjoys a relatively high labour productivity level but productivity growth has been … arrangements. As in many countries, Germany saw a decline in the share of middle-skilled jobs in employment. A relatively high …
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