Publications & Documents

OECD Reviews of Digital Transformation: Going Digital in Sweden

The productivity-wage premium: Does size still matter in a service economy?

While the size-wage and size-productivity premia are significantly weaker in market services compared to manufacturing, the link between wages and productivity is stronger. The combination of these results suggests that in a service economy the “size-wage premium” becomes more a “productivity-wage premium”.

Science, technologie et industrie : Tableau de bord de l'OCDE 2017 - La transformation numérique

Protecting Consumers in Peer Platform Markets - workshop summary

Peer platform markets bring opportunities and advantages but also raise new policy and regulatory challenges, including consumer protection issues. This document highlights some of the key themes and issues raised during the discussions at an OECD workshop held in November 2017.

Gene editing for advanced therapies: Governance, policy and society

Recent breakthroughs in gene editing techniques have ushered in a new era for gene editing and health innovation. This report is the result of an expert meeting to explore the core scientific, legal, regulatory and societal challenges facing the responsible development and use of gene editing in somatic cells for advanced therapies.

Issues in neurotechnology governance

Governments, funders and companies around the world are making unprecedented investments in brain research and the development of neurotechnologies. This report provides a summary of main discussion points emerging from an expert consultation that aimed to identify and classify cutting-edge neurotechnologies and the ethical, legal, social, economic and cultural issues that arise with them.

Final report on the review of the 2003 OECD Recommendation on Protecting Consumers from Fraudulent and Deceptive Commercial Practices across Borders

The results highlight that while continued implementation efforts are needed, the Recommendation continues to be relevant and appropriate to further the objectives set out when it was adopted in 2003.

Toolkit for protecting digital consumers

Despite the benefits and convenience of e-commerce, the ease and speed with which consumers can engage in online transactions – at anytime, anywhere, and in particular across borders – may create situations that are unfamiliar to them and put their interests at risk. This toolkit provides a set of principles and practices for protecting digital consumers and enhancing trust in e-commerce.

Perspectives de l'économie numérique de l'OCDE 2017

STIP Compass: International database of STI policies

The STIP Compass is an initiative of the European Commission and the OECD to collect together in one place quantitative and qualitative data on national trends in science, technology and innovation (STI) policy. It incorporates more than 500 interactive dashboards and provides a sophisticated search tool with smart filtering that facilitates policy discovery.