19-October-2011
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Mexico has a relatively large informal sector by OECD standards.
29-September-2011
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The highly regarded Austrian health system delivers good quality and easily accessible services, but is costly.
20-September-2011
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This paper investigates the role played by deregulation on firms’ investment decisions in infrastructure sectors.
13-September-2011
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While Japan has achieved outstanding scores on the PISA exams, further improving educational outcomes is important to sustain growth in the face of rapid population ageing.
13-September-2011
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Traditional Japanese labour market practices, which benefited both workers and firms during the high-growth era, are no longer appropriate in the context of slow economic growth and rapid population ageing.
13-September-2011
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The New Growth Strategy aims to create demand and jobs through regulatory reform and fiscal measures.
7-September-2011
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Developments over the past few years have shown that reforms to address climate change are no less difficult to implement than reforms in other areas, even if the objective of limiting global warming is broadly accepted.
18-August-2011
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The United Kingdom is likely to reduce emissions by more than its near-term domestic targets and its target under the Kyoto Protocol, outperforming many OECD countries in the latter respect.
28-July-2011
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In recent years, India has enjoyed one of the highest growth rates worldwide, weathering the global financial crisis better than many other countries.
28-July-2011
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This paper examines how the the distributive impact of macroeconomic shocks is shaped by selected institutions. It uses a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) framework with heterogeneous agents and an endogenous collateral constraint.