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Labour market and collective bargaining in Iceland : sharing the spoils without spoiling the shares

Sila, Urban - 2017

Iceland has high living standards, low poverty, high inclusiveness and one of the most sustainable pension systems. It is the most highly unionised country in the OECD and, in the past, successful social pacts have protected the lowest paid workers during crises, and on occasion helped fight...

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The internet economy : regulatory challenges and practices

Koske, Isabell; Bitetti, Rosamaria; Wanner, Isabelle; … - 2014

The Internet has become an integral part of the everyday life of households, firms and governments. Its proper functioning over the long run is therefore crucial for economic growth and people’s wellbeing more generally. The success of the Internet depends on its openness and the confidence of...

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Blockchain for SMEs and entrepreneurs in Israel

Bianchini, Marco; Kwon, Insung - 2020

introducing blockchain-based services in the Israeli market, opportunities and challenges to their business development, sectors …

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A snapshot of China's service sector

Molnár, Margit; Wang, Wei - 2015

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 final demand, intermediate demand can be another driving force for … expected to become more competitive and therefore it may become cheaper to outsource services than to produce them in …

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Legal reform, contract enforcement and firm size in Mexico

Dougherty, Sean M. - 2013

Legal systems provide the basic institutions for firms and markets to operate. Their quality can have important consequences on the size distribution of firms, who rely on them for contract enforcement. This paper uses the variation in legal system quality across states in Mexico to examine the...

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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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Cross-country evidence on start-up dynamics

Calvino, Flavio; Criscuolo, Chiara; Menon, Carlo - 2015

The report provides a description of start-up dynamics exploiting the richness of the recently collected DynEmp v.2 database. The contribution of new firms in terms of new jobs to the existing workforce can be expressed as a combination of four different elements: the start-up rate; the average...

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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...

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Trade liberalisation and product mix adjustments : evidence from South African firms

Fall, Falilou; Längle, Katharina - 2020

Theoretical and empirical studies on multi-product firms have shown that firms adjust their product mix in response to trade liberalisation. This paper uses the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and National Treasury (NT) firm-level panel to assess the response of South African firms to trade...

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Cross-country comparison of farm size distribution

Bokuševa, Raušan; Kimura, Shingo - 2016

This report summarises selected measures of the farm size distribution for fourteen OECD countries: Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom (England) and the United States over the period 1995-2010. The farm size...

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