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An exploration of the determinants of the subjective well-being of Americans during the Great Recession
Caldera Sánchez, Aida; Tassot, Caroline - 2014
This paper uses data from the American Life Panel to understand the determinants of well-being in the United States during the Great Recession. It investigates how various dimensions of subjective wellbeing reflected in the OECD Better Life Framework impact subjective well-being. The results...
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Improving well-being in the United States
Caldera Sánchez, Aida; Lenain, Patrick; Fleche, Sarah - 2014
among the longest in the OECD are also creating challenges for work-life balances, child education, personal care and …-level policies improving access to health care and early-childhood education, state-level initiatives favouring workplace flexibility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464983
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China's march to prosperity : reforms to avoid the middle-income trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - 2013
liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231008
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EDGE-M3: a dynamic general equilibrium micro-macro model for the EU member states
D'Andria, Diego; DeBacker, Jason; Evans, Richard W.; … - 2020
This paper provides a technical description of the overlapping generations model used by the Joint Research Centre to analyse tax policy reforms, including in particular pension and demographic issues. The main feature of the EDGE-M3 model lies in its high level of disaggregation and the close...
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Intangible assets, resource allocation and growth : a framework for analysis
Andrews, Dan; De Serres, Alain - 2012
This paper explores the growing importance of intangible assets as a potential source of innovation and productivity gains, and the contribution of efficient resource allocation to this process. Realising the growth opportunities implied by intangible assets depends on the ability to reallocate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690906
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Malaysia's economic success story and challenges
Koen, Vincent; Asada, Hidekatsu; Nixon, Stewart; … - 2017
Malaysia has sustained over four decades of rapid, inclusive growth, reducing its dependence on agriculture and commodity exports to become a more diversified, modern and open economy. GDP per capita is now higher than in a number of OECD economies, while poverty and income inequality have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700166
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Boosting productivity in Malaysia
Koen, Vincent; Asada, Hidekatsu; Nixon, Stewart - 2017
productivity include increasing the quality of education and skills training, spurring innovation, adopting information technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700172
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Structural reforms to boost growth and living standards in Argentina
González Pandiella, Alberto - 2018
Over the last decades Argentina’s living standards have lost ground relative to other developed and emerging economies. Putting Argentina on a path to stronger, inclusive and job-rich growth requires boosting productivity and strengthening investment through wide-ranging structural reforms....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823732
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Boosting productivity and living standards in Thailand
Koen, Vincent; Asada, Hidekatsu; Rahuman, Mohamed … - 2018
The Prosperity pillar of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for an integrated approach based on boosting productivity through diversification, upgrading technology and innovation, and increasing employment and entrepreneurship. Thailand needs to address all these challenges to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011914179
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Luxembourg : harnessing skills for more inclusive growth
Strasky, Jan - 2017
improvements in the education system are needed to address this challenge, provide the young with learning-to-learn as well as … working careers, the system of initial education must be complemented by a flexible system of lifelong learning, tailored to … the special needs of individuals with limited education attainment and older workers. Better use of existing skills would …
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