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Assessing the efficiency of environmental policy design and evaluation : results from a 2018 cross-country survey
Berestycki, Clara; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine - 2020
could impose economic burdens on firms through different channels. They may increase barriers to entry and distort …
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Raising the potential of the domestically oriented sector in Germany
Eid, André; Fuentes, Andrés - 2015
Germany’s manufacturing sector, which plays an important role for exports, has been performing well over the past decade in terms of labour productivity growth and international competitiveness. However, the services sector has had much slower growth rates. Competition often appears to be...
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Regulations in services sectors and their impact on downstream industries : the OECD 2013 REGIMPACT indicator
Égert, Balázs; Wanner, Isabelle - 2016
This document presents the new 2013 set of the OECD Regulatory Impact (REGIMPACT) indicator. It measures the impact of regulatory barriers to competition in non-manufacturing sectors on all industries, through intermediate inputs. The paper describes how the indicator is calculated and discusses...
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Anti-competitive and regulatory barriers in the United States labour market
Hermansen, Mikkel Nørlem - 2020
of services, it also creates entry barriers and reduces competition with important costs for job mobility, earnings and …
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Occupational licensing and job mobility in the United States
Hermansen, Mikkel Nørlem - 2019
from entry restrictions and renewal requirements to licensing, while education and training requirements may increase job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202931
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Occupational entry regulations and their effects on productivity in services : firm-level evidence
Bambalaite, Indre; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Rueden, … - 2020
This paper assesses the possible dynamic effects of occupational entry regulations (OER) on productivity. It combines …
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Measuring occupational entry regulations : a new OECD approach
Rueden, Christina von; Bambalaite, Indre - 2020
This paper explores cross-country differences in the design and stringency of occupational entry regulations (OER) in … regulate entry into services. It notably distinguishes between different areas of regulation (administrative, qualification and … differences emerging between personal and professional services, which are typically subject to far stricter entry requirements. …
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A snapshot of China's service sector
Molnár, Margit; Wang, Wei - 2015
The share of the tertiary sector in China’s value added has increased steadily, overtaking the share of the secondary sector in 2013. With increasing incomes, the share of services is expected to grow further as at higher incomes a larger share of income is spent on services. In addition to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399408
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Moving towards a more dynamic business sector in Spain
González Pandiella, Alberto - 2014
Policy efforts to revitalise entrepreneurship and investment in Spain are key to generating growth and new jobs. The government has a substantial reform program to make it easier to do business in Spain, which should in some cases be deepened. Boosting economic growth requires a new generation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464863
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Adapting business framework conditions to deal with disruptive technologies in Denmark
Hermansen, Mikkel Nørlem; Millot, Valentine - 2019
Danish firms are close to the technological frontier compared to other OECD countries, making the introduction of new – potentially disruptive – technologies key to boost productivity growth. Despite a high level of digitalisation and good framework conditions, aggregate productivity growth...
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