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Gross earning inequalities in OECD countries and major non-member economies : determinants and future scenarios

Braconier, Henrik; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer - 2014

Income and earning inequality has been on the rise in most of the OECD and in many emerging economies since the 1980s. This paper estimates a model of earnings inequality across OECD countries that incorporates determinants of relative demand and supply of more and less-skilled labour. Drawing...

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Going local : a regional perspective on how trade affects labour markets and inequality

Rusticelli, Elena; Haugh, David; Arquie, Axelle; … - 2018

technology by building local capacity, both in terms of people – more educated labour is more mobile across jobs – and innovation. …

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Labour share developments over the past two decades : the role of technological progress, globalisation and "winner-takes-most" dynamics

Schwellnus, Cyrille; Pak, Mathilde; Pionnier, Pierre-Alain - 2018

Over the past two decades, real median wage growth in many OECD countries has decoupled from labour productivity growth, partly reflecting declines in labour income shares. This paper analyses the drivers of labour share developments using a combination of industry- and firm-level data....

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Technological diffusion and managing the associated economic transitions in Ireland

Seitani, Haruki; Westmore, Ben - 2020

Technological change is transforming Ireland’s economic structures, leading to new jobs and innovative products that benefit consumers. Adoption of new technologies by businesses has been high relative to many other OECD economies, but it has been uneven across industries and the impact on...

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R&D, patenting and growth : the role of public policy

Westmore, Ben - 2013

– proxied by R&D expenditure and the number of new patents – across 19 OECD countries. The relationship between innovation … these measures of innovation intensity and MFP growth. Innovation-specific policies such as R&D tax incentives, direct … forthcoming. A pervasive theme from the analysis is the importance of coupling policies aimed at encouraging innovation or …

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Do resources flow to patenting firms? : cross-country evidence from firm level data

Andrews, Dan; Criscuolo, Chiara; Menon, Carlo - 2014

This paper exploits longitudinal data on firm performance and patenting activity for 23 OECD countries over the period 2003-2010 to explore the extent to which changes in the patent stock are associated with flows of capital and labour to patenting firms. While the finding that patenting is...

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Do EU funds boost productivity and employment? : firm level analysis for Latvia

Benkovskis, Konstantins; Tkacevs, Olegs; Yashiro, Naomitsu - 2018

This paper investigates the effects of spending the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) on productivity, employment and other performance indicators of Latvian firms. After controlling for the fact that more productive and larger firms are more likely to benefit from ERDF resources, we...

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Who are the beneficiaries of the structural funds and the cohesion fund and how does the cohesion policy impact firm-level performance?

Bachtrögler, Julia; Hammer, Christoph - 2018

This paper exploits a new database that is unique in its scale and scope containing detailed information on over two million projects carried out by one million firms that benefited from the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund in 25 EU member...

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Cross-country spillovers from fiscal consolidations

Goujard, Antoine - 2013

In many OECD countries, government debt reached levels over recent years that call for reduction over the medium to longer term to ensure public finance sustainability. This paper investigates the international transmission of fiscal consolidation shocks via trade flows. Using a measure of...

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How to achieve growth- and equity-friendly fiscal consolidation? : a proposed methodology for instrument choice with an illustrative application to OECD countries

Cournède, Boris; Goujard, Antoine - 2013

Despite sustained efforts made in recent years to rein in budget deficits, a majority of OECD countries still face substantial fiscal consolidation needs. The choices made about which spending areas to curtail and which taxes to hike will have implications for near-term activity and long-term...

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