Productivity Profile of Luxembourg

Organisations

Conseil National de la Productivité: created in Sept. 2018 and established under the authority of the Ministry of the Economy;

Observatory of Competitiveness (ODC): monitoring unit in charge of documenting, observing and analysing the evolution of the country's competitiveness, as well as investigating cases, monitoring them and stimulating the implementation by the designated partners.

Selected Publications

ODC: Bilan Compétitivité et Résilience 2021: Très bonne résistance de l'économie luxembourgeoise (2021), Luxembourg Competitiveness Reports (2020, 2018);

Conseil National de la Productivité: Pandémie et productivité (2021), Luxembourg’s productivity puzzle (2019)

OECD: Economic Surveys Luxembourg (biannual), Review of Innovation Policy Luxembourg (2016); Economic Policy Reforms (2019);

The Journal of Technology Transfer: Productivity Slowdown and Misallocation in the Post-Recession: what prevents recovery? (2018).

Data

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Latest OECD Recommendations

Subsidise active on-the-job training schemes targeted to the over-45-year-olds.
Expand access to training to help early-school leavers enter the workforce, alongside school system reforms.
Increase public spending on R&D to match private R&D funding and encourage greater investment by firms.
Increase funding to targeted projects by reducing the funds spent on administration.
Reduce administrative burdens on small firms, notably by streamlining procedures for starting a business.
Subsidise active on-the-job training schemes targeted to the over-45-year-olds.
Expand access to training to help early-school leavers enter the workforce, alongside school system reforms.
Increase public spending on R&D to match private R&D funding and encourage greater investment by firms.
Increase funding to targeted projects by reducing the funds spent on administration.