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1393. Regulation, institutions and productivity: new macroeconomic evidence from OECD countries
Balázs Égert
1392. Regulation, institutions and aggregate investment: new evidence from OECD countries
Balázs Égert
1391. Boosting R&D outcomes in Australia
Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou and Taejin Park
1390. Creating good conditions for innovation-driven productivity gains in Australia
Philip Hemmings and Taejin Park
1389. Making income and property taxes more growth-friendly and redistributive in India
Isabelle Joumard, Alastair Thomas and Hermes Morgavi
1388. Promoting a private investment renaissance in Italy
Mauro Pisu
1387. Fostering innovative business investment in Spain
David Haugh, Muge Adalet McGowan, Dan Andrews, Aida Caldera Sanchez, Gabor Fulop and PilarGarcia Perea
1386. Reforms for more and better quality jobs in Spain
Yosuke Jin, Aida Caldera Sanchez and Pilar García Perea
1385. A revised approach to productivity convergence in long-term scenarios
Yvan Guillemette, Alexandre Kopoin, David Turner and Andrea De Mauro
1384. A revised approach to trend employment projections in long-term scenarios
Maria Chiara Cavalleri and Yvan Guillemette
1383. Doing well by doing good: the role of Mexico's firms in achieving sustainable and inclusive growth
Mabel Gabriel, Patrick Lenain, Mirna Mehrez, Julien Reynaud and Payal Soneja
1382.Structural inequality – the case of Sweden
Per Olof Robling and Jon Kristian Pareliussen
1381. Improving the allocation and efficiency of public spending in Indonesia
Patrice Ollivaud
1380. Decentralisation to promote regional development in Indonesia
Petar Vujanovic
1379. Foreign Direct Investment and The Pollution Haven Hypothesis
Grégoire Garsous, Tomasz Kozluk
1378. Energy prices, environmental policies and investment
Dennis Dlugosch, Tomasz Kozluk
1377. Deconstructing income inequality in Costa Rica: an income source decomposition approach
Alberto González Pandiella and Mabel Gabriel
1376. Boosting productivity in Mexico through integration into Global Value Chains
Sean Dougherty and Julien Reynaud
1375. Local taxation, land use regulation, and land use: A survey of the evidence
Hansjörg Blöchliger, Christian Hilber, Olivier Schöni and Maximilian von Ehrlich
1374. Finance and productivity: A literature review
Mark Heil
1373. Decoupling of wages from productivity: Macro-level facts
Cyrille Schwellnus, Andreas Kappeler and Pierre-Alain Pionnier
1372. The Walking Dead? Zombie Firms and Productivity Performance in OECD Countries
Müge Adalet McGowan, Dan Andrews and Valentine Millot
1371. Fostering inclusive growth in Malaysia
Stewart Nixon, Hidekatsu Asada and Vincent Koen
1370. Boosting productivity in Malaysia
Hidekatsu Asada, Stewart Nixon and Vincent Koen
1369. Malaysia’s economic success story and challenges
Vincent Koen, Hidekatsu Asada, Stewart Nixon, Mohamed Rizwan Habeeb Rahuman and Abu Zeid Mohd Arif
20161368. Trends in productivity and sources of productivity growth in Slovenia
Urban Sila, Hermes Morgavi and Jeanne Dall'Orso
1367. Rebalancing Turkey’s growth by improving resource allocation and productivity in manufacturing
Aslihan Atabek, Dan Andrews and Rauf Gönenç
1366. Reaping the benefits of global value chains in Turkey
Volker Ziemann and Béatrice Guérard
1365. Incentivising lending to SMEs with the Funding for Lending Scheme: some evidence from bank-level data in the United Kingdom
Olena Havrylchyk
1364. Enhancing skills to boost growth in Hungary
Gabriel Machlica
1363. Enhancing public sector efficiency and effectiveness in the Czech Republic
Christine Lewis and Falilou Fall
1362. Fostering productivity for income convergence in the Czech Republic
Falilou Fall and Christine Lewis
1361. International tax planning and fixed investment
Stéphane Sorbe and Åsa Johansson
1360. Innovation, patent location and tax planning by multinationals
Øystein Bieltvedt Skeie, Åsa Johansson, Carlo Menon and Stéphane Sorbe
1359.International differences in corporate taxation, foreign direct investment and tax revenue
Øystein Bieltvedt Skeie
1358. International tax planning, competition and market structure
Stéphane Sorbe and Åsa Johansson
1357. Debt and tax planning by multinationals
Stéphane Sorbe, Åsa Johansson and Øystein Bieltvedt Skeie
1356. Anti-avoidance rules against international tax planning: A classification
Åsa Johansson, Øystein Bieltvedt Skeie and Stéphane Sorbe
1355. Tax planning by multinational firms: Firm-level evidence from a cross-country database
Åsa Johansson, Øystein Bieltvedt Skeie, Stéphane Sorbe and Carlo Menon
1354. The quantification of structural reforms in OECD countries: a new framework
Balázs Égert and Peter Gal
1353. Coping with creative destruction: reducing the costs of firm exit
Dan Andrews and Alessandro Saia
1352. A re-assessment of fiscal space in OECD countries
Jarmila Botev, Jean-Marc Fournier and Annabelle Mourougane
1351. Can an increase in public investment sustainably lift economic growth?
Annabelle Mourougane, Jarmila Botev, Jean-Marc Fournier, Nigel Pain and Elena Rusticelli
1350. The ins and outs of employment in 25 OECD countries
Paula Garda
1349. How do product market regulations affect workers? Evidence from the network industries
By Oliver Denk
1348. Effects of Flexibility-Enhancing Reforms on Employment Transitions
By Boris Cournède, Oliver Denk and Paula Garda
1347. The positive effect of public investment on potential growth
By Jean-Marc Fournier
1346. Public finance, economic growth and Inequality: A survey of the evidence
By Åsa Johansson
1345. Trends in public finance: Insights from a new detailed dataset
Debbie Bloch, Jean Marc Fournier, Duarte Gonçalves and Álvaro Pina
1344. The effect of the size and the mix of public spending on growth and inequality
Jean-Marc Fournier and Åsa Johansson
1343. The distribution of the growth dividends
Mikkel Hermansen, Nicolas Ruiz and Orsetta Causa
1342. The distributional impact of structural reforms
Orsetta Causa, Mikkel Hermansen and Nicolas Ruiz
1341. Inequality in Denmark through the looking glass
Orsetta Causa, Mikkel Hermansen, Nicolas Ruiz, Caroline Klein and Zuzana Smidova
1340.Can reforms promoting growth increase financial fragility? An empirical assessment
Aida Caldera Sánchez and Filippo Gori
1339.How do policies influence GDP tail risks?
Aida Caldera Sánchez and Oliver Röhn
1338. Balancing inclusiveness, work incentives and sustainability in Denmark
Caroline Klein and Louise Aggerstrøm Hansen
1337. Betting the house in Denmark
Zuzana Smidova
1336. The use of models in producing OECD macroeconomic forecasts
David Turner
1335. The estimation of financial conditions indices for the major OECD countries
E. Philip Davis, Simon Kirby and James Warren
1334. Advance warning indicators of past severe GDP per capita recessions in Turkey
Oliver Röhn
1333.Realising and expanding opportunities in the United States
Damien Azzopardi, Jonathan Millar and Douglas Sutherland
1332.The skills of Polish emigrants – evidence from PIAAC
Nicola Brandt and Patrizio Sicari
1331.Fiscal decentralisation and income inequality: empirical evidence from OECD countries
Sibylle Stossberg, David Bartolini and Hansjörg Blöchliger
1330. Fiscal decentralisation and regional disparities
David Bartolini, Sibylle Stossberg and Hansjörg Blöchliger
1329. Regional GDP in OECD countries: how has inequality developed over time?
Felix Arnold and Hansjörg Blöchliger
1328. Unleashing private sector productivity in the United States
Jonathan Millar and Douglas Sutherland
1327. Raising well-being in Germany’s ageing society
Andreas Kappeler, Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter, Dorothee Schneider, Naomitsu Yashiro, Eun Jung Kim and Giovanni Maria Semeraro
1326. Boosting investment performance in Germany
Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter, Andreas Kappeler, Dorothee Schneider and Giovanni Maria Semeraro
1325. Labour market reforms in Korea to promote inclusive growth
Randall S. Jones and Kohei Fukawa
1324. Raising Korea’s productivity through innovation and structural reform
Randall S. Jones and Jae Wan Lee
1323.A bird-eye view of Costa Rica's transport infrastructure
Mauro Pisuand Federico Villalobos
1322. Strengthening competition in network sectors and the internal market in Canada
Corinne Luu
Concurrence dans les industries de réseau et renforcement du marché intérieur au Canada
Corinne Luu
1321. Age, skills and labour market outcomes in Finland
Jon Kristian Pareliussen
1320. Employment and skills in Finland
Jon Kristian Pareliussen, Christophe André, Thomas Chalaux and Vincent Koen
1319. Boosting productivity in Finland
Christophe André and Thomas Chalaux
1318. Costa Rica: boosting productivity to sustain income convergence
Mauro Pisu
1317. Five years in a balloon: Estimating the effects of euro adoption in Slovakia using the synthetic control method
Branislav Žúdel and Libor Melioris
1316. Making public finances more growth and equity-friendly in the euro area
Álvaro Pina
1315. Priorities for completing the European Union's Single Market
Jan Stráský
1314. Boosting productivity through greater small business dynamism in Canada
David Carey, John Lester and Isabelle Luong
Augmenter la productivité en favorisant le dynamisme des petites entreprises au Canada
David Carey, John Lester et Isabelle Luong
1313. Forecasting GDP during and after the Great Recession: a contest between small-scale bridge and large-scale dynamic factor models
Patrice Ollivaud, Pierre-Alain Pionnier, Elena Rusticelli, Cyrille Schwellnus and Seung-Hee Koh
1312. Estimating the distributional impact of the Greek crisis (2009-2014)
Chrysa Leventi and Manos Matsaganis
1311. The short-term impact of product market reforms: a cross-country firm-level analysis
Peter Gal and Alexander Hijzen
1310. The effects of reform scenarios for unemployment benefits and social assistance on financial incentives to work and poverty in Lithuania
Jekaterina Navickė, Silvia Avram and Lilas Demmou
1309. Insolvency regimes and productivity growth: a framework for analysis
Müge Adalet McGowan and Dan Andrews
1308. Growing together: making Lithuania’s convergence process more inclusive
Lilas Demmou
1307. Scaling new heights: achievements and future challenges for productivity convergence in Lithuania
Ben Westmore
1306. Boosting skills for all in the Netherlands
Rafal Kierzenkowski, Aleksandra Paciorek and Gabor Fulop
1305. Enhancing private investment in the Netherlands
Sanne Zwart
1304. Links between weak investment and the slowdown in productivity and potential output growth across the OECD
Patrice Ollivaud, Yvan Guillemette and David Turner
1303. Regulations in services sectors and their impact on downstream industries: the OECD 2013 REGIMPACT indicator
Balázs Égert and Isabelle Wanner
1302. Improving transport and energy infrastructure investment in Poland
Antoine Goujard
1301. Making better use of skills and migration in Poland
Nicola Brandt
1300. Making growth more inclusive in Costa Rica
Alberto González Pandiella
1299. How to boost export performance in Greece
Christine de la Maisonneuve
1298. Structural reforms to boost inclusive growth in Greece
Christian Daude
1297. Reforming in a difficult macroeconomic context: a review of the issues and recent literature
Aida Caldera Sánchez, Alain de Serres and Naomitsu Yashiro
1296. Regulatory management practices in OECD countries
Isabell Koske, Faisal Naru, Philipp Beiter and Isabelle Wanner
1295.Quantifying the effects of trade liberalisation in Brazil: a CGE model simulation
Sónia Araújo and Dorothee Flaig
1294.An investigation into improving real-time reliability of OECD Output Gap estimates
David Turner, Maria Chiara Cavalleri, Yvan Guillemette, Alexandre Kopoin, Patrice Ollivaud and Elena Rusticelli
1293. Growing together: towards a more inclusive Ireland
David Haugh, Yosuke Jin and Alberto Gonzalez Pandiella
1292. Migration in Ireland: challenges, opportunities and policies
Alberto Gonzalez Pandiella
1291. Labour market transitions in Italy: job separation, re-employment and policy implications
Yosuke Jin, Ryotaro Fukahori and Hermes Morgavi
1290. Chile: better skills for inclusive growth
Eduardo Olaberria
1289. Bringing all Chileans on board
Eduardo Olaberria
1288. Improving the pension system and the welfare of retirees in Israel
Jacques Adda and Claude Giorno
1287. Boosting competition on Israeli markets
Claude Giorno
1286. Policy challenges for agriculture and rural areas in Norway
Philip Hemmings
1285. Addressing the challenges in higher education in Norway
Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou
1284. How did immigrants fare in the Irish labour market over the great recession?
Elish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness, Philip J. O’Connell, Alberto González Pandiella, David Haugh
1283. The drivers of public health spending: integrating policies and institutions
Christine de la Maisonneuve, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, Fabrice Murtin, JoaquimOliveiraMartins
1282. Do environmental policies affect global value chains? A new perspective on the pollution haven hypothesis
Tomasz Koźluk and Christina Timiliotis
1281. Monetary policy and inequality
Rory O’Farrell, Łukasz Rawdanowicz, Kei-Ichiro Inaba
1280. Raising public spending efficiency in Switzerland
Richard Dutu
1279. Policies to tame the housing cycle in Switzerland
Petar Vujanovic
1278. Public spending efficiency in the OECD: benchmarking health care, education and general administration
Richard Dutu and Patrizio Sicari
1277. Household debt in OECD countries: stylised facts and policy issues
Christophe André
20151276. How can South Africa’s tax system meet revenue raising challenges?
Christine Lewis and Theresa Alton
1275. Adjusting fiscal balances for the business cycle: new tax and expenditure elasticity estimates for OECD countries
Robert W.R. Price, Thai-Thanh Dang and Jarmila Botev
1274. Who are the top 1% earners in Europe?
Oliver Denk
1273. Towards more gender equality in Austria
Volker Ziemann
1272. Austria's separate gender roles model was popular in the past, but is becoming a constraint for comprehensive wellbeing
Rauf Gonenc, Beatrice Guerard, Isabelle Hassler and Andreas Wörgötter
1271. The macroeconomic impact of structural policies on labour market outcomes in OECD countries: a reassessment
Peter Gal and Adam Theising
1270. Searching for the inclusive growth tax grail: the distributional impact of growth enhancing tax reform in Ireland
Brendan O’Connor, Terence Hynes, David Haugh and Patrick Lenain
1269. Taxes, income and economic mobility in Ireland: new evidence from tax records data
Seán Kennedy, Yosuke Jin, David Haugh and Patrick Lenain
1268. The negative effect of regulatory divergence on foreign direct investment
Jean-Marc Fournier
1267. Enhancing competitiveness, purchasing power and employment by increasing competition in France
Améliorer la compétitivité, le pouvoir d’achat et l’emploi en renforçant la concurrence en France
Antoine Goujard
1266. Labour market reform for more and better quality jobs in Italy
Yosuke Jin and Patrick Lenain
1265. What do household surveys suggest about the top 1% incomes and inequality in OECD countries?
Nicolas Ruiz and Nicolas Woloszko
1264. The costs of flexibility-enhancing structural reforms: a literature review
Tito Boeri, Pierre Cahuc and André Zylberberg
1263. Gender equality and economic growth in India: a quantitative framework
Pierre-Richard Agénor, Jan Mares and Piritta Sorsa
1262. Achieving fiscal consolidation while promoting social cohesion in Japan
Randall S. Jones and Kohei Fukawa
1261. Enhancing dynamism and innovation in Japan's business sector
Randall S. Jones and Myungkyoo Kim
1260. Vocational training and adult learning for better skills in France
Nicola Brandt
1260. La formation professionnelle au service de l’amélioration des compétences en France
Nicola Brandt
1259. Structural policies and productivity: evidence from Portuguese firms
By Jens Arnold and Natália Barbosa
1258. Reducing inequality and poverty in Portugal
Jens Arnold and Carlos Farinha Rodrigues
1257.Boosting export performance in Portugal
Jens Arnold
1256.Making New Zealand’s economic growth more inclusive
David Carey
1255.Policy areas for increasing productivity in Latvia
Zuzana Smidova
1254.Improving public sector efficiency for more inclusive growth in Latvia
Caroline Klein and Robert Price
1253. Non-standard contracts, flexibility and employment adjustment: empirical evidence from Russian establishment data
Larisa Smirnykh and Andreas Wörgötter
1252. Russia: progress in structural reform and framework conditions 2011-13
Yana Vaziakova
1251. Economic resilience: what role for policies?
Aida Caldera Sánchez, Morten Rasmussen and Oliver Röhn
1250. Economic resilience: the usefulness of early warning indicators in OECD countries
Mikkel Hermansen and Oliver Röhn
1249. Economic resilience: a new set of vulnerability indicators for OECD countries
Oliver Röhn, Aida Caldera Sánchez, Mikkel Hermansen and Morten Rasmussen
1248. Fiscal constitutions: an empirical assessment
Hansjörg Blöchliger and Jaroslaw Kantorowicz
1247. Sustaining the economic expansion in New Zealand
Corinne Luu
1246. Policies for inclusive and sustainable growth in Indonesia
Petar Vujanovic
1245. Enhancing the financing of the real economy and financial stability in the United Kingdom
Olena Havrylchyk and Rafał Kierzenkowski
1244. Improving infrastructure in the United Kingdom
Mauro Pisu, Barbara Pels and Novella Bottini
1243. Restoring the financial sector and corporate deleveraging in Slovenia
Urban Sila
1242. The economic consequences of an ageing population in Slovenia
Peter Walkenhorst and Urban Sila
1241. Raising competitiveness and long-term growth of the Slovenian economy
Urban Sila, Nataša Jemec and Hermes Morgavi
1240. Luxembourg - diversifying a small open economy
Jan Stráský and Eckhard Wurzel
1239. Luxembourg - addressing new challenges in a major financial sector
Eckhard Wurzel and Damien Azzopardi
1238. Productivity spillovers from the global frontier and public policy: industry level evidence
Alessandro Saia, Dan Andrews and Silvia Albrizio
1237. The stabilisation properties of immovable property taxation: evidence from OECD countries
Hansjörg Blöchliger, Balász Égert, Bastien Alvarez and Aleksandra Paciorek
1236. Making the most of natural resources in Indonesia
Richard Dutu
1235. Reforming the pension system to increase coverage and equity in Colombia
Christine de la Maisonneuve
1234. Making Colombia’s tax policy more efficient, fair and green
Christian Daude, Sarah Perret and Bert Brys
1233. Skills and labour market performance in Sweden
Margherita Bussi and Jon Kristian Pareliussen
1232. Skills and inclusive growth in Sweden
Jon Kristian Pareliussen, Margherita Bussi, Christophe André and Vincent Koen
1231. Incorporating anchored inflation expectations in the Phillips Curve and in the derivation of OECD measures of equilibrium unemployment
Elena Rusticelli, David Turner and Maria Chiara Cavalleri
1230. Macroeconomic uncertainties, prudent debt targets and fiscal rules
Falilou Fall and Jean-Marc Fournier
1229. Limits to government debt sustainability
Jean-Marc Fournier and Falilou Fall
1228. Government debt indicators: understanding the data