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News & Events
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10-Jul-2008
The Dutch labour market is functioning well, with employment and labour participation rates above OECD averages. Reintegrating benefit recipients would help to reduce spending on labour market programmes, which is among the highest in the OECD.
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10-Jul-2008
This paper investigates the design of tax structures to promote economic growth, focusing on how taxes affect growth, and recognises that practical tax reform requires a balance between the aims of efficiency, equity, simplicity and revenue raising.
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01-Jul-2008
Luxembourg’s economy is in fine shape, mainly due to the strong expansion of the financial sector, and dynamic tax revenues have underpinned growth in the public sector. However, the medium term challenges include a likely slowdown of the financial sector and a need for boosting public sector efficiency.
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30-Jun-2008
Energy represents a major sustainable development challenge for Canada. Efforts should be concentrated on designing and implementing an emissions trading scheme compatible with corresponding systems abroad. Effective and efficient systems of regulation and taxation are essential to facilitate the timely realisation of energy supply plans.
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25-Jun-2008
The broad consolidation programme has succeeded in cutting the fiscal deficit. It is important to secure the results achieved. Reforms in the public administration and pensions are noteworthy.
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25-Jun-2008
Portugal can benefit more from globalisation. This requires further reducing the cost of doing business, promoting competition and improving regulations in infrastructure sectors that provide services to firms.
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25-Jun-2008
Labour market performance deteriorated after 2001. A broad strategy is required to enhance the adaptability of the work force, provide support to displaced workers and upgrade competencies.
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25-Jun-2008
Portugal has made great strides in fiscal consolidation. Boosting growth is one of the main economic challenges that the country is facing. How to take fuller advantage of globalization? How to improve infrastructures? How best to facilitate the adjustment of the labour market in the changing environment?
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20-Jun-2008
An overlapping-generations model with search unemployment is calibrated for the Netherlands to assess the impact of tax-benefit reforms on labour supply. Several reforms are analysed, in particular the introduction of a flat tax and pension reforms. The model demonstrates the potential of these reforms to raise labour supply.
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13-Jun-2008
This paper relates diverging productivity performances across OECD countries over the past fifteen years to differences in the stringency of regulations in the product market.
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How deep is the impact of the recent oil and credit shocks on the productive potential of OECD economies?
Issue No. 83
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