This working paper offers a synthesis of the current knowledge on the determinants of productivity. It carefully reviews both “spatial” (e.g. agglomerations, infrastructure, geography) and “aspatial” (e.g. human capital, labour regulations, industry-level innovation and dynamism)...

This paper investigates the contribution of regional performance to aggregate growth in the OECD. We find a great degree of heterogeneity in the performance of large (TL2) and small (TL3) OECD regions and among types (urban intermediate and rural) of regions suggesting possibilities for growth...

This paper investigates the impact of policies and institutions on health expenditures for a large panel of OECD countries for the period 2000-10. We use a set of 20 policy and institutional indicators developed by the OECD characterising the main supply-side, demand-side, and public management,...