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Counter-cyclical Economic Policy
Sutherland, Douglas; Hoeller, Peter; Égert, Balázs; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
What changes are needed to make counter-cyclical economic policy more effective in the aftermath of the recent crisis? An important lesson from the severity of the recent recession is that policy in various areas will have to be more prudent during upswings and to build in greater safety margins...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542502
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The tortoise and the hare : the race between vaccine rollout and new Covid variants
Turner, David; Égert, Balázs; Guillemette, Yvan; … - 2021
New variants of the virus are spreading which, together with seasonal effects, are estimated to be able to raise effective reproduction numbers by up to 90%. Meanwhile, many countries are rolling out vaccination programmes, but at varying speeds. Hence the race is on to beat the variants with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012547063
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Counter-Cyclical Economic Policy
Sutherland, Douglas - 2010
What changes are needed to make counter-cyclical economic policy more effective in the aftermath of the recent crisis? An important lesson from the severity of the recent recession is that policy in various areas will have to be more prudent during upswings and to build in greater safety margins...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143595
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The Tortoise and the Hare : The Race between Vaccine Rollout and New Covid Variants
Turner, David; Guillemette, Yvan; Égert, Balázs; … - 2021
New variants of the virus are spreading which, together with seasonal effects, are estimated to be able to raise effective reproduction numbers by up to 90%. Meanwhile, many countries are rolling out vaccination programmes, but at varying speeds. Hence the race is on to beat the variants with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222192
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Counter-cyclical Economic Policy
Sutherland, Douglas; Hoeller, Peter; Égert, Balázs; … - 2010
What changes are needed to make counter-cyclical economic policy more effective in the aftermath of the recent crisis? An important lesson from the severity of the recent recession is that policy in various areas will have to be more prudent during upswings and to build in greater safety margins...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444497
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The tortoise and the hare: The race between vaccine rollout and new COVID variants
Turner, David - 2021
New variants of the virus are spreading which, together with seasonal effects, are estimated to be able to raise effective reproduction numbers by up to 90%. Meanwhile, many countries are rolling out vaccination programmes, but at varying speeds. Hence the race is on to beat the variants with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630293
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A new macroeconomic measure of human capital with strong empirical links to productivity
Botev, Jarmila; Égert, Balázs; Smidova, Zuzana; … - 2019
measures perform well in regression analysis explaining productivity across OECD countries and over time. In OECD samples …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202839
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The quantification of structural reforms : taking stock of the results for OECD and non-OECD countries
Égert, Balázs - 2020
-factor productivity, capital deepening and employment) for an almost complete set of OECD countries, ii.) non-linear results on how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388225
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A new macroeconomic measure of human capital exploiting PISA and PIAAC : linking education policies to productivity
Égert, Balázs; De la Maisonneuve, Christine; Turner, David - 2022
quantity of education. The new measure has a strong link to productivity with the potential for productivity gains being much … MFP is considerable but the effects materialise with long lags. The paper simulates the impact of a particular reform to … education policy (pre-primary education) on human capital and productivity to demonstrate the usefulness of the new measure for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013186787
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The impact of the war on human capital and productivity in Ukraine
Égert, Balázs; De la Maisonneuve, Christine - 2023
-term consequences, among which are losses in human capital that will impact aggregate productivity for many years. Exploiting a new … losses in long-run aggregate productivity operating through the human capital channel could be at about 7% if the war lasts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014304472