[eng] From Sectoral to Macro-Economic Impact of Cuts in Social Contributions. This paper analyses the consequences of cuts in social contributions, put in place from 1993 to 1997, on low skilled employment, taking into account the fact that they inequally benefited to sectors. Indeed, they...

Sweden has developed an extensive and sound policy framework to limit greenhouse gas emissions. It is now one of the OECD countries with the lowest greenhouse gas emissions per capita and it has successfully managed to decouple GDP growth from emissions growth. However, as Sweden has already...

[eng] Heterogeneity of Investment Behaviour and Changes in Aggregate Investment . by Richard Duhautois and Stéphanie Jamet . This paper studies the characteristics of companies' investment profiles using a database covering a large number of French companies. Following the example of Doms and...

Emissions trading systems (ETS) can play a major role in a cost-effective climate policy framework. Both direct linking of ETSs and indirect linking through a common crediting mechanism can reduce costs of action.We use a global recursive-dynamic computable general equilibrium model to assess...

Sweden is a very egalitarian country but inequalities have risen and some groups are poorly integrated into the labour market. For growth to become more inclusive, the gap between the cost of labour and productivity for some groups needs to be reduced, transitions from education to work should...

Denmark’s green growth strategy focuses on moving the energy system away from fossil fuels and investing in green technologies, while limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. On the whole, current policies should allow Denmark to reach near-term climate change targets, but may not be...

Despite sound policies and institutions, Danish productivity has grown modestly over the past decade, both historically and in relation to other countries, contributing to weak economic growth and an erosion in competitiveness. An examination of the four potential drivers of this puzzle, namely...

Surveys suggest that Denmark ranks close to or slightly above the OECD average in terms of student and adult skills, even though Denmark spends more than many OECD countries on education, labour market policies and adult learning. Sluggish productivity growth over the past two decades raises the...

This paper examines the cost of a range of national, regional and global mitigation policies and the corresponding incentives for countries to participate in ambitious international mitigation actions. The paper illustrates the scope for available instruments to strengthen these incentives and...

[fre] La modération salariale en France depuis le début des années 1980 . . Depuis le début des années 1980, la croissance des salaires réels en France a fortement ralenti par rapport à celle des années précédentes. L’économie française est entrée dans une phase dite de...