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Public policy and resource allocation : evidence from firms in OECD countries

Andrews, Dan; Cingano, Federico - 2012

The correlation between a firm’s size and its productivity level varies considerably across OECD countries, suggesting that some countries are more successful at channelling resources to high productivity firms than others. Accordingly, we examine the extent to which regulations affecting...

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Occupational licensing and job mobility in the United States

Hermansen, Mikkel Nørlem - 2019

empirical analysis exploits variation in licensing regulation across states and industries and constructs indicators for both … the share of employment subject to licensing (the extensive margin) and the strictness of regulation (the intensive margin … with more extensive and stricter licensing regulation. The results from the analysis of earnings are generally mixed and …

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Anti-competitive and regulatory barriers in the United States labour market

Hermansen, Mikkel Nørlem - 2020

Occupational licensing and non-competition agreements are two important types of labour market regulation in the United … States, both covering around one fifth of all workers. While some regulation is needed to protect safety and ensure quality … these barriers. The States are mainly responsible for labour market regulation and the variation across States is similar to …

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Trade specialisation and policies to foster competition and innovation in Denmark

McGowan, Muge Adalet - 2014

Danish productivity has grown only weakly over the past two decades, both historically and in relation to other countries, despite sound policies and institutions. At the same time, the country has lost export market shares. Denmark needs to continue its efforts to reap the benefits of...

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The quantification of structural reforms

Égert, Balázs - 2018

This paper summarises earlier OECD work aimed at quantifying the impact of structural reforms on economic outcomes. It overviews: i.) insights obtained for the linear relationships linking policies and economic outcomes (including multi-factor productivity, capital deepening and employment) for...

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The quantification of structural reforms : introducing country-specific policy effects

Égert, Balázs; Gál, Peter - 2018

Product Market Regulation indicator, housing market regulations and policies, Doing Business indicators and the quality of … stringent product market regulation hurts more in more open economies. Better institutions amplify the positive effect of R …

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The quantification of structural reforms : extending the framework to emerging market economies

Égert, Balázs - 2017

. More competition-friendly regulations, as measured by the OECDs’ Product Market Regulation (PMR) indicator improve economic … businesses boost the capital stock and the employment rate. No robust link between labour market regulation and MFP and capital … deepening could be established. But looser labour market regulation is found to go hand in hand with higher employment rates …

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