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Upstream Product Market Regulations, ICT, R&D and Productivity
Cette, Gilbert; Lopez, Jimmy; Mairesse, Jacques - 2013
Our study aims at assessing the actual importance of the two main channels usually contemplated in the literature through which upstream sector anticompetitive regulations may impact productivity growth: business investments in R&D and in ICT. We thus precisely try to estimate what are the...
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The quantification of structural reforms : extending the framework to emerging market economies
Égert, Balázs - 2018
. More competition-friendly regulations, as measured by the OECDs' Product Market Regulation (PMR) indicator improve economic … outcomes. Lower barriers to foreign trade and investment help MFP. Lower barriers to entry and less pervasive state control of … businesses boost the capital stock and the employment rate. No robust link between labour market regulation and MFP and capital …
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The impact of product and labour market reform on growth : evidence for OECD countries based on local projections
Haan, Jakob de; Wiese, Rasmus - 2020
This paper examines the impact of labour and product market reforms on economic growth in 25 OECD countries between 1985 and 2013, and tests whether this impact is conditioned by the fiscal policy stance, i.e. whether there are fiscal expansions or adjustments. Our local projection results...
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Does the recent success of some OECD countries in lowering their unemployment rates lie in the clever design of their labour market reforms?
Belot, Michèle; Ours, Jan C. van - 2000
The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also 'successful' countries in which the unemployment rate decreased a lot. A common...
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Are active labour market policies effective in activating and integrating low-skilled individuals? An international comparison
Escudero, Verónica - In: IZA journal of labor policy 7 (2018) 4, pp. 1-24
This paper examines the effectiveness of active labour market policies (ALMPs) in improving labour market outcomes, especially of low-skilled individuals, by means of a pooled cross-country and time series database for 31 advanced countries during the period 1985–2010. The analysis includes...
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(Non-)Keynesian effects of fiscal austerity : new evidence from a large sample
Afonso, António; Alves, José; Huart, Florence - 2021
We empirically assess whether a usually expected negative response of private consumption and private investment to a … there is a fiscal consolidation; iii) there is a crowding-in effect for private investment, from fiscal contractions …
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Unemployment impact of product and labor market regulation : evidence from European countries
Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - In: IZA journal of labor policy 9 (2019) 1, pp. 1-32
This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labor market regulations on unemployment using data from 24 European countries over the period 1998–2013. Controlling for country fixed effects, endogeneity, and a large set of covariates, results show that product market...
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The unemployment impact of product and labour market regulation : evidence from European countries
Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - 2018
This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using data for 24 European countries over the period 1998-2013. Controlling for country-fixed effects, endogeneity and a large set of covariates, results show that product market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871988
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The unemployment impact of product and labour market regulation : evidence from European countries
Piton, Céline - 2018
This paper provides a robust estimation of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using data for 24 European countries over the period 1998-2013. Controlling for country-fixed effects, endogeneity and various covariates, results show that product market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011896646
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The Unemployment Impact of Product and Labour Market Regulation : Evidence from European Countries
Piton, Céline - 2018
This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using data for 24 European countries over the period 1998-2013. Controlling for country-fixed effects, endogeneity and a large set of covariates, results show that product market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915739