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Labour Regulation and Employment Dynamics at the State Level in India

05-Aug-2008

Over the past decade, labour market outcomes have improved in India, with net employment rising markedly for the economy as a whole. This paper looks at the impact of employment protection legislation and related regulation on the dynamics of employment in the organized sector of the economy, using newly constructed measures of national regulation and state labour reforms.

Economic survey of Portugal 2008: Maximising the gains from integration in the world economy

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.

Regulation, allocative efficiency and productivity in OECD countries: industry and firm-level evidence

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.

Economic survey of the European Union 2007: Ever closer union? Moving forward in the single market

20-Sep-2007

The single market has delivered major benefits for European citizens. But the process of integration is slowing down. A fresh impetus is needed, especially in services and the energy industry.

Boosting competition in Ireland

15-Jun-2006

This paper discusses ways to strengthen competition in order to boost productivity growth and help restrain inflation.  Economics Department Working Paper 491 by David Rae, Line Vogt and Michael Wise.


Events

OECD-IMF Conference on Structural Reform in Europe

on 17-Mar-2008

What reforms are needed to boost jobs and productivity in Europe and how can they be implemented?  Presentations tackling these and other questions discussed at a joint OECD-IMF conference on 17 March 2008 are now available. They include keynote speeches by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.



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Economic Survey of Japan 2008

Economic survey of Japan 2008

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