Economics Department Working Papers - List

14-Feb-2012

This series of Working Papers is designed to make available, to a wider readership, selected studies which the Department has prepared for use within OECD.  Authorship is generally collective, but main individual authors are named. 

Building blocks for a better functioning housing market in Chile

14-Feb-2012

Aida Caldera Sánchez

Chile has made good progress in improving housing conditions, but still around 10% of the population lives in either overcrowded houses, or of inadequate quality and/or with poor access to basic services.

Economics Department Working Papers by cross country analysis

09-Feb-2012

This series of Working Papers is designed to make available, to a wider readership, selected studies which the Department has prepared for use within OECD.  Authorship is generally collective, but main individual authors are named.

The impact of changes in second pension pillars on public finances in Central and Eastern Europe

08-Feb-2012

Balázs Égert

This paper studies the impact of recent changes in second pension pillars of three Central and Eastern European Countries on the deficit and implicit debt of their full pension systems.

Reforming education in England

31-Jan-2012

Henrik Braconier

Despite significant increases in spending on child care and education during the last decade, PISA scores suggest that educational performance remains static, uneven and strongly related to parents’ income and background.

Improving energy system efficiency in the Czech Republic

31-Jan-2012

Artur Radziwill

A carbon intensive energy system in the Czech Republic contributes to one of the highest ratios of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to GDP in the OECD.

Structural change and the current account: the case of Germany

31-Jan-2012

Fabrizio Coricelli and Andreas Wörgötter

Using empirical evidence from panel analysis of current account dynamics and of bilateral trade balances, the paper argues that the large German current account surplus during the 2000s can be explained by an increasing gap between productivity growth in manufacturing vis-à-vis services.

Less income inequality and more growth – are they compatible? Part 1. Mapping income inequality across the OECD

12-Jan-2012

Peter Hoeller, Isabelle Joumard, Mauro Pisu and Debbie Bloch

Countries differ widely with respect to the level of labour income inequality among individuals of working age. Labour income inequality is shaped by differences in wage rates, hours worked and inactivity rates.

Fiscal consolidation: Part 5. What factors determine the success of consolidation efforts?

12-Jan-2012

Margit Molnar

The global economic and financial crisis exacerbated the need for fiscal consolidation in many OECD countries.

Fiscal consolidation: Part 6. What are the best policy instruments for fiscal consolidation?

12-Jan-2012

Robert P. Hagemann

OECD countries face daunting fiscal challenges following the substantial surge in debt-GDP ratios during the past four years, from already high levels in many cases.