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Medical technology and the production of health care

Baltagi, Badi H.; Moscone, Francesco; Tosetti, Elisa - 2011

This paper investigates the factors that determine differences across OECD countries in health outcomes, using data on life expectancy at age 65, over the period 1960 to 2007. We estimate a production function where life expectancy depends on health and social spending, lifestyle variables, and...

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The crisis, policy reactions and attitudes to globalization and jobs

Bell, David N. F.; Blanchflower, David G. - 2011

We consider the effects of the financial crisis and subsequent recession on world labour markets. It begins by cataloguing the adverse effects on output of the sudden collapse in demand brought about by the financial crisis in what has come to be called the Great Recession. Next we look at the...

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The aggregate effects of trade and migration: Evidence from OECD countries

Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - 2011

Two large but separate bodies of literature analyze the economic effects of international trade and immigration. Given that several factors are important determinants of both trade and migration flows, the previous studies are vulnerable to a potentially serious omitted-variables bias,...

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Labour market institutions and unemployment: Does finance matter?

Rault, Christophe; Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël - 2011

We explore whether finance influences the impact of labour market institutions on unemployment. Using a data set of 18 OECD countries over 1980-2004, we estimate a panel VectorAutoRegressive model. We check whether causalities from labour market variables to unemployment are affected by...

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Short-time work benefits revisited: Some lessons from the Great Recession

Boeri, Tito; Brücker, Herbert - 2011

The Great Recession triggered a resurgence of short-time work (STW) throughout the OECD. Several countries introduced from scratch STW or significantly expanded the scope of the programmes already in place. In some countries like Italy, Japan and Germany between 2.5 and 5 per cent of the...

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Tax competition, globalization and declining social protection

Murshed, S. Mansoob - 2001

have less revenue in the era of globalization because of international tax competition, falling domestic tax bases and … seriously disadvantaged by international tax competition in mobile factors. This is most applicable to North-South tax … danger of its exit, may induce developing countries in general to lower corporate tax rates below the OECD average. On the …

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Cross-country diffusion of the internet

Kiiski, Sampsa; Pohjola, Matti - 2001

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Digital divide and growth gap: A cumulative relationship

Lee, Youngsoo; Oh, Jeonghun; Seo, Hwanjoo - 2002

This paper, using a cumulative growth model and a catch-up model, verifies the cumulative relationship between IT investment and economic growth, and then examines whether this relationship enlarges the differences in the economic growth among OECD countries. We observe the following results:...

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Analysis of deviations and delays in aid disbursements

Odedokun, Matthew - 2003

The study seeks to identify donor-specific factors that cause donors to delay aid disbursement, and to apply a double standard in dealing with the non-compliance of a recipient with regard to aid conditionalities, a practice that promotes uncertainty in the receipt of aid. Annual panel data over...

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OECD domestic support in and developing countries

Dimaranan, Betina; Hertel, Thomas; Keeney, Roman - 2003

An AGE model with detailed farm supply and substitution relationships is used to analyze impacts of OECD domestic support reform on developing economy welfare. Stylized simulations indicate reforms best suited for reducing trade distortions with least impact on farm incomes. Comprehensive...

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