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Drivers of farm performance : empirical country case studies
Sauer, Johannes; Moreddu, Catherine - 2020
This report contains an empirical analysis of the productivity and sustainability performance of different types of farms in thirteen countries. Farm productivity performance is measured through estimates of average productivity levels and through annual rates of technical change. Evidence on...
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Boosting productivity in the United Kingdom's service sectors
Mourougane, Annabelle; Kim, Eun Jung - 2020
The United Kingdom has been among the most affected OECD economies by the COVID-19 crisis, reflecting the high share of services in output and its integration in the world economy. Productivity growth in the United Kingdom has consistently underperformed relative to expectations and was more...
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What drives firm and sectoral productivity in the United Kingdom and in selected European countries?
Kim, Eun Jung; Mourougane, Annabelle; Baker, Mark - 2020
This paper examines the link between barriers to trade and investment and productivity performance, in the United Kingdom and selected European countries using both firm-level and sectoral data. Barriers to trade and investment appear to be a robust determinant of productivity in the long term....
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The effect of public sector efficiency on firm-level productivity growth : the Italian case
Fadic, Milenko; Garda, Paula; Pisu, Mauro - 2019
This paper investigates the causal effect of public administration efficiency on firm-level productivity. To this … purpose, we combine newly available data from Italy on public administration efficiency of subnational governments with geo … administration efficiency and firm productivity because of large and persistent spatial disparities in economic performance and local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111119
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What drives the performance of Swedish lower secondary schools?
André, Christophe; Pareliussen, Jon; Hwang, Hyunjeong - 2019
This paper presents the econometric analysis of lower secondary school performance carried out for the chapter on education of the 2019 OECD Economic Survey of Sweden. The dataset covers most Swedish schools providing education for 9th graders. Student socio-economic background has a...
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Current account benchmarks for Turkey
Röhn, Oliver - 2012
Turkey’s current account deficit widened to almost 10% of GDP in 2011 and has been narrowing only gradually since. An important question is to what extent Turkey’s current account deficit is excessive. To explore this issue, one needs to establish benchmarks. In this paper current account...
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Recent trends in productivity in China : shift-share analysis of labour productivity growth and the evolution of the productivity gap
Molnár, Margit; Chalaux, Thomas - 2015
The Chinese economy has been undergoing fundamental structural changes since the start of reforms in 1978. An increasing number of farmers first got engaged in off-farm activities and then started to migrate to cities in the 1990s in search of jobs. Such movement of labour from less to more...
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Enhancing the financing of the real economy and financial stability in the United Kingdom
Havrylchyk, Olena; Kierzenkowski, Rafał - 2015
The banking sector in the United Kingdom (UK) was deeply affected by the crisis. Bank credit has collapsed reflecting both weak demand and tighter supply. New prudential requirements have improved the resilience of the banking sector and a number of measures were taken to support credit supply....
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Measuring total factor productivity at the firm level using OECD-ORBIS
Gál, Peter - 2013
Recent OECD research has utilised harmonised cross-country firm level data to explore the contribution of public policies to cross-country differences in productivity, innovation and resource allocation. This paper describes the steps taken to and the trade-offs involved in constructing...
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Trade and product market policies in upstream sectors and productivity in downstream sectors : firm-level evidence from China
Bas, Maria; Causa, Orsetta - 2012
This paper explores the productivity impact of trade, product market and financial market policies over the last decade in China – a fast growing country where, despite significant reform action, regulatory stance remains still far from OECD standards. The paper makes a critical distinction...
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