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The retirement decision, EO68 ch.6

Chapter 6 of the OECD Economic Outlook No. 63 (June 1988). Declining birth rates and increasing longevity have produced a significant increase in the share of elderly in the population of most OECD countries over the past three decades.

Implementing the OECD jobs strategy: progress report, EO63 ch.5

The OECD Jobs Strategy has been articulated around ten broad orientations for macroeconomic and structural policy which together form a comprehensive blueprint for action to create more jobs and reduce unemployment, and to increase standards of living and strengthen social cohesion.

Forces shaping tax policy

NAIRU - Incomes Policy and Inflation (Economics Department Working Paper 187)

This working paper looks at the evidence of changes in the bargaining structure stemming from the incomes policies agreements, discusses their possible long-run impact in terms of NAIRU and features of the inflationary process, and more.

Technical progress, factor productivity and macroeconomic performance in the medium-term

This paper analyses the macroeconomic effects of changes in trend factor productivity for the major OECD economies. OECD Economic Studies No. 25.

Turning points in the international business cycle: an analysis fo the OECD leading indicators for the G-7 countries

How good are OECD leading indicators at predicting turning points? OECD Economic Studies No. 24.

Potential output, output gaps and structural budget balances

How should spare capacity be measured, and how can these measures best be used to read through cyclical movements in budget balances? OECD Economic Studies No. 24.

Monetary policy credibility and price uncertainty: the New Zealand experience of inflation targeting

This articles assesses the contributions to price-related uncertainty in New Zealand arising from the legislation of anti-inflation policies and the introduction of inflation targets. OECD Economic Studies No. 22.

The stock market and investment

What is the relationship between inefficient share pricing and investment? OECD Economic Studies No. 20.

GREEN: a global model for quantifying the costs of policies to curb CO2 emissions

OECD Economic Studies No. 19, Winter 1992. By modeling the decisions of households and firms, applied general equilibrium (AGE) models are able to capture the economic mechanisms that link, in each period of time, the available resource base to man-made emissions of CO2. The OECD Economics Department has developed a global dynamic AGE model with the objective of quantifying the economic effects of policies aimed at reducing