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International risk-sharing and the transmission of productivity shocks

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Dedola, Luca; Leduc, Sylvain - 2004

the international transmission of productivity improvements generate the observed degree of risk-sharing: one associated …

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Public sector efficiency

Afonso, António; Schuknecht, Ludger; Tanzi, Vito - 2003

We compute public sector performance (PSP) and efficiency (PSE) indicators, comprising a composite and seven sub-indicators, for 23 industrialised countries. The first four sub-indicators are u0093opportunityu0094 indicators that take into account administrative, education and health outcomes...

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Current accounts dynamics in OECD and EU acceding countries

Bussière, Matthieu; Fratzscher, Marcel; Müller, Gernot J. - 2004

The paper extends the standard intertemporal model of the current account to include two important stylised facts: (1) the persistence of current account positions and (2) the relevance of the fiscal balance. Specifically, the paper derives a closed form solution for consumption in the presence...

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Institutions and service employment

Messina, Julián - 2004

We live in a service economy, but the extent of development of service employment differs across developed countries. This paper assesses the role of structural factors and institutions in explaining the common patterns and main differences in the recent expansion of service employment in OECD...

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Families and childcare services - Conference report

Bennett, John - 2008

This report presents the conclusions from a seminar on families and childcare services held in Ankara, Turkey, on 5 June 2008. The seminar was organised by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), in cooperation with the Turkish Ministry of Labour...

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EU productivity and competitiveness: an industry perspective

O'Mahony, Mary (contributor); Ark, Bart van (contributor) - Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Unternehmen; … - 2003

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Creative destruction and transition: The effects of firm entry and exit on productivity growth in Estonia

Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Philips, Kaia - 2004

firm entry and exit as well as survival analysis of new firms. Also, decompositions of productivity change into components … consisting of resource reallocation, firm entry and exit, and productivity growth within continuing firms are carried out. The … productivity compared to incumbent firms and changes in the sectoral structure of the economy. The decomposition of productivity …

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Economic Survey of the Slovak Republic, 2004

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development … - 2004

Slovakia is engaged in an ambitious reform process which has the potential to quicken productivity growth, increase the …

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Evolving Structural Patterns in the Enlarging European Division of Labour: Sectoral and Branch Specialisation and the Potentials for Closing the Productivity Gap

Stephan, Johannes - 2003

research and development on the determinants of productivity gaps between the current EU-15 and accession states in central and … specialisation patterns for the explanation of observed productivity gaps and for the projection of future potentials of productivity … growth in central and eastern Europe. For the aggregated level, analysis determines the share of national productivity gaps …

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31st CEIES Seminar - Are we measuring productivity correctly? - Rome, 12 and 13 October 2006

Europäische Kommission / Statistisches Amt - 2007

The.31st CEIES seminar "Are we measuring productivity correctly" was held on 12 and 13 October in Rome, Italy. It … of the art in measurement of productivity worldwide, - to identify major challenges for statistics with a special focus …

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