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OECD countries appoint Ángel Gurría as next Secretary-General from June 2006

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30-Nov-2005

The OECD’s 30 member countries announced the appointment of Ángel Gurría, former Foreign Minister and successively Finance Minister of Mexico, as Secretary-General of the Organisation from June 1, 2006, in succession to Donald J. Johnston, who is retiring.

Co-operation between the European Commission and the OECD LEED Programme

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08-Nov-2005

Click here to know more about the co-operation of the European Commission (DG Employment and Social Affairs) with the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme.

European monetary policy, an article by Jean-Claude Trichet for the OECD Observer

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04-Nov-2005

Building a credible economic policy for the euro area has depended on good statistics, a solid analytical framework and sound judgment. There have been challenges, and more lie ahead.

The Transatlantic Relationship

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04-Nov-2005

Jean-Philippe Cotis

Presentation given by OECD Chief Economist Jean-Philippe Cotis to the US State Department in Washington D.C. on 27 October 2005 on the transatlantic relationship (US and EU), mutual benefits, and costs of continued barriers.

European Commission: Competition Law and Policy in 2004

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17-Oct-2005

In this report, the European commission summarizes the main developments in competition law and policy in 2004.

House prices and inflation in the Euro Area

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12-Oct-2005

Boris Cournède

May the cost of living in the euro area differ from the main inflation index because of housing costs?  Economics Department Working Paper 450.

The EU's single market: at your service?

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07-Oct-2005

Line Vogt

The paper studies ways to remove barriers to trade in services which bear on economic performance in the euro area. Economics Department Working Paper 449.

Welfare Reform in European Countries (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 28)

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30-Sep-2005

Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner and Emmanuel Saez

This paper estimates the welfare and distributional impact of two types of welfare reform in the 15 (pre-enlargement) member countries of the European Union. The reforms are revenue neutral and financed by an overall and uniform increase in marginal tax rates on earnings.

The effects of EMU on structural reforms in labour and product markets

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25-Jul-2005

Romain Duval and Jørgen Elmeskov

Economics Department Working Paper 438. Structural reforms in labour and product markets are required in a number of euro-area countries. A question in this regard, which is the topic of this paper, is ...