[fre] Cet article présente une analyse comparée de la formation des salaires dans les pays industrialisés. Une équation de salaire avec rigidités nominales est estimée sur un panel de 16 pays en recourant à une méthodologie spécifique fondée sur les moments généralisés et...

Au moment où la Communauté s'apprête à définir les règles du futur pacte de stabilité, il est utile de recevoir sur l'ensemble du dispositif qui régira la politique économique dans l'Union monétaire. Tel qu'il se dessine actuellement, dans le cadre d'une union restreinte aux pays les...

La comparaison des institutions du marché du travail dans les pays de l’Union européenne fait ressortir une grande diversité de fonctionnement et de régulation. Celle-ci constitue une source potentielle de divergence entre pays européens. À ce titre, elle pourrait être un obstacle au...

This paper provides an empirical investigation of the medium-term determinants of international investment positions for a large sample of advanced and emerging economies. In addition to the usually considered drivers of foreign assets and liabilities, the analysis focuses on the role of...

The financial crisis has resulted in a substantial increase in unemployment in the OECD. This paper shows that this increase has reversed the reduction in structural unemployment which has been estimated to have occurred in most OECD countries since the late 1990s. Structural unemployment is...

This paper provides an empirical investigation of the medium-term determinants of international investment positions for a large sample of advanced and emerging economies. In addition to the usually considered drivers of foreign assets and liabilities, the analysis focuses on the role of...

This paper provides an empirical investigation of the relationship between surges in capital inflows and the probability of subsequent banking, currency and balance-of-payment crises. Using a panel of developed and emerging economies from 1970 to 2007, it is shown that a large capital inflow...

This paper analyses the effect of capital inflow shocks on the evolution of domestic credit. Using a panel of developed and emerging economies from 1970 to 2007, it is shown that in the two years following the beginning of a capital inflow shock the credit-to-GDP ratio increases by about 2...

This paper describes the sources and methods used to construct the trade matrices of the OECD trade system. It also provides an overview of the trade relationships between countries, especially individual OECD countries and the main non-OECD economies, as well as their evolution between 2000 and...