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No. 1761 | 15 Jun 2023 |
Corporate cost of debt in the low-carbon transition
This paper assesses to what extent markets with sophisticated investors and large firms price transition risks due to climate policies. The analysis exploits longitudinal data on firms’ economic and environmental performances - as measured by... |
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No. 1760 | 26 May 2023 |
Canada’s transition to net zero emissions
Canada has an ambitious plan to reduce the economy’s net emissions to zero by 2050. This will require a step change in mitigation action, with deep energy savings and near economy-wide replacement of fossil fuels with clean energy. Achieving this... |
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No. 1759 | 26 May 2023 |
Better jobs and incomes in Bulgaria
The shrinking number of workers due to smaller young cohorts entering the labour market and large-scale outward migration are undermining Bulgaria’s growth prospects, the sustainability of its social institutions and society more widely. Bulgaria... |
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No. 1758 | 24 May 2023 |
Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity
Education and training are a high priority for Costa Rica that devotes to them more than 6.5% of GDP, one of the highest spending shares among OECD countries. However, educational outcomes remain poor and firms struggle to fill their vacancies,... |
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No. 1757 | 12 May 2023 |
Transitioning to a green economy in Greece
A changing climate is threatening livelihoods and economic activity in Greece and the world. Transitioning to a green economy – mitigating the causes of climate change and adapting to its effects, while sustaining activity and improving well-being –... |
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No. 1756 | 12 May 2023 |
Urban house price gradients in the post-COVID-19 era
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant shift in the way people work, with an increasing number of individuals opting to work from home. Fewer commutes allow people to live further away from the city centre, where jobs typically concentrate.... |
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No. 1755 | 11 May 2023 |
Rising energy prices and productivity: short-run pain, long-term gain?
Soaring energy prices have raised concerns about the risks energy price shocks pose for firms’ performance and the green transition. This paper estimates the impacts of energy price changes on firms’ productivity as well as their dynamics,... |
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No. 1754 | 11 May 2023 |
Towards net zero in the Czech Republic
The Czech economy is very carbon-intensive and has among the highest greenhouse gas emissions per unit of GDP in the OECD. Getting on the path towards net zero will require rapid emission reductions over the coming decades. Coal still makes up close... |
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No. 1753 | 20 Apr 2023 |
Unleashing the productive potential of digitalisation in Lithuania
Lithuania is digitalising its economy with visible success, but much scope remains for the integration of advanced technologies. The COVID-19 crisis confirmed the importance of digitalisation to sustain activity. Increased private investment in... |
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No. 1752 | 20 Mar 2023 |
Competition, regulation and growth in a digitized world
Digital markets have raised a number of new competition challenges. Ex-post competition policy appears not to be able to address them in their entirety and with the necessary speed. There is considerable consensus, among academics and policy-makers,... |
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No. 1751 | 20 Mar 2023 |
Home, green home: Policies to decarbonise housing
The housing sector is one of the main sources of CO2 emissions in OECD countries, accounting for over a quarter of the total. Robust and rapid action is required to reach the net zero emission target by 2050. Decarbonising housing involves halting... |
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No. 1750 | 03 Mar 2023 |
Health sector performance and efficiency in Ireland
Overall, the health of the Irish population has improved substantially during recent decades and is quite good compared with other OECD countries. However, spending is elevated, partly reflecting a system that is strongly based on hospitals.... |
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No. 1749 | 28 Feb 2023 |
Options for assessing and comparing climate change mitigation policies across countries
This paper reviews different methods for assessing and comparing across countries the impact of climate change mitigation policies and policy packages on emissions. Broadening and deepening past and recent mitigation policies’ stocktaking efforts, as... |
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No. 1748 | 28 Feb 2023 |
Selected policy challenges for the American middle class
The American middle class has shrunk in size since 1970 according to most definitions. This “hollowing” out of the United States income distribution could result in disillusionment, diminished political engagement, and declining trust in... |
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No. 1747 | 22 Dec 2022 |
Measuring the impact of structural reforms and investment policies: A DSGE model for South Africa
This paper aims at quantifying the macroeconomic and distributional impacts of product market reforms and additional public investment using a DSGE model. The model reflects specific features of the South African economy. Tradable and non-tradable... |
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No. 1746 | 22 Dec 2022 |
Boosting productivity to improve living standards in South Africa
Productivity growth has been falling for a decade, hindering improvements in living standards. Low productivity reflects, firstly, poor infrastructure in telecommunications and transport. Secondly, the regulatory environment is not always... |
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No. 1745 | 22 Dec 2022 |
Strengthening the tax system to reduce inequalities and increase revenues in South Africa
The Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated the already deteriorating fiscal situation in South Africa. The current consolidation strategy, based on spending cuts and reprioritisation of spending items, has reached its limits and is insufficient to stabilise... |
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No. 1744 | 22 Dec 2022 |
A cost-of-living squeeze? Distributional implications of rising inflation
Inflation has quickly and significantly increased in most OECD countries since the end of 2021 and further accelerated after Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, mostly driven by surging energy and food prices. Certain categories of households... |
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No. 1743 | 19 Dec 2022 |
Macroeconomic and distributional consequences of net zero policies in the United Kingdom
This paper presents new simulation results for the UK combining macroeconomic simulations in ThreeME, a computable general equilibrium model, with household-level micro-simulations with the aim to provide consistent estimates of macroeconomic and... |
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No. 1742 | 19 Dec 2022 |
Policies to reach net zero emissions in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is among world leaders in reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions, and a broad political consensus supports the target to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050. The UK’s strong institutional framework is an inspiration to... |
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Corporate cost of debt in the low-carbon transition
Filippo Maria D’Arcangelo, Tobias Kruse, Mauro Pisu and Marco Tomasi
15 Jun 2023
This paper assesses to what extent markets with sophisticated investors and large firms price transition risks due to climate policies. The analysis exploits longitudinal data on firms’ economic and environmental performances - as measured by...
Canada’s transition to net zero emissions
Ben Conigrave
26 May 2023
Canada has an ambitious plan to reduce the economy’s net emissions to zero by 2050. This will require a step change in mitigation action, with deep energy savings and near economy-wide replacement of fossil fuels with clean energy. Achieving this...
Better jobs and incomes in Bulgaria
Margit Molnar, Michael Abendschein and Zvezdelina Zhelyazkova
26 May 2023
The shrinking number of workers due to smaller young cohorts entering the labour market and large-scale outward migration are undermining Bulgaria’s growth prospects, the sustainability of its social institutions and society more widely. Bulgaria...
Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity
Alessandro Maravalle and Alberto González Pandiella
24 May 2023
Education and training are a high priority for Costa Rica that devotes to them more than 6.5% of GDP, one of the highest spending shares among OECD countries. However, educational outcomes remain poor and firms struggle to fill their vacancies,...
Transitioning to a green economy in Greece
Timo Leidecker, Tim Bulman, Ilai Levin and Hélène Blake
12 May 2023
A changing climate is threatening livelihoods and economic activity in Greece and the world. Transitioning to a green economy – mitigating the causes of climate change and adapting to its effects, while sustaining activity and improving well-being –...
Urban house price gradients in the post-COVID-19 era
Volker Ziemann, Manuel Bétin, Alexandre Banquet, Rudiger Ahrend, Boris Cournède, Maria Paula Caldas, Marcos Diaz Ramirez, Pierre-Alain Pionnier, Daniel Sanchez-Serra and Paolo Veneri
12 May 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant shift in the way people work, with an increasing number of individuals opting to work from home. Fewer commutes allow people to live further away from the city centre, where jobs typically concentrate....
Rising energy prices and productivity: short-run pain, long-term gain?
Christophe André, Hélia Costa, Lilas Demmou and Guido Franco
11 May 2023
Soaring energy prices have raised concerns about the risks energy price shocks pose for firms’ performance and the green transition. This paper estimates the impacts of energy price changes on firms’ productivity as well as their dynamics,...
Towards net zero in the Czech Republic
Urban Sila and Erik Frohm
11 May 2023
The Czech economy is very carbon-intensive and has among the highest greenhouse gas emissions per unit of GDP in the OECD. Getting on the path towards net zero will require rapid emission reductions over the coming decades. Coal still makes up close...
Unleashing the productive potential of digitalisation in Lithuania
Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou
20 Apr 2023
Lithuania is digitalising its economy with visible success, but much scope remains for the integration of advanced technologies. The COVID-19 crisis confirmed the importance of digitalisation to sustain activity. Increased private investment in...
Competition, regulation and growth in a digitized world
Giuseppe Nicoletti, Cristiana Vitale and Carolina Abate
20 Mar 2023
Digital markets have raised a number of new competition challenges. Ex-post competition policy appears not to be able to address them in their entirety and with the necessary speed. There is considerable consensus, among academics and policy-makers,...
Home, green home: Policies to decarbonise housing
Peter Hoeller, Volker Ziemann, Boris Cournède and Manuel Bétin
20 Mar 2023
The housing sector is one of the main sources of CO2 emissions in OECD countries, accounting for over a quarter of the total. Robust and rapid action is required to reach the net zero emission target by 2050. Decarbonising housing involves halting...
Health sector performance and efficiency in Ireland
Patrizio Sicari and Douglas Sutherland
03 Mar 2023
Overall, the health of the Irish population has improved substantially during recent decades and is quite good compared with other OECD countries. However, spending is elevated, partly reflecting a system that is strongly based on hospitals....
Options for assessing and comparing climate change mitigation policies across countries
Mauro Pisu, Filippo Maria D’Arcangelo, Assia Elgouacem, Tobias Kruse and Yannick Hemmerlé
28 Feb 2023
This paper reviews different methods for assessing and comparing across countries the impact of climate change mitigation policies and policy packages on emissions. Broadening and deepening past and recent mitigation policies’ stocktaking efforts, as...
Selected policy challenges for the American middle class
Ben Westmore and Alvaro Leandro
28 Feb 2023
The American middle class has shrunk in size since 1970 according to most definitions. This “hollowing” out of the United States income distribution could result in disillusionment, diminished political engagement, and declining trust in...
Measuring the impact of structural reforms and investment policies: A DSGE model for South Africa
Falilou Fall and Paul Cahu
22 Dec 2022
This paper aims at quantifying the macroeconomic and distributional impacts of product market reforms and additional public investment using a DSGE model. The model reflects specific features of the South African economy. Tradable and non-tradable...
Boosting productivity to improve living standards in South Africa
Paul Cahu, Falilou Fall and Priscilla Fialho
22 Dec 2022
Productivity growth has been falling for a decade, hindering improvements in living standards. Low productivity reflects, firstly, poor infrastructure in telecommunications and transport. Secondly, the regulatory environment is not always...
Strengthening the tax system to reduce inequalities and increase revenues in South Africa
Falilou Fall
22 Dec 2022
The Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated the already deteriorating fiscal situation in South Africa. The current consolidation strategy, based on spending cuts and reprioritisation of spending items, has reached its limits and is insufficient to stabilise...
A cost-of-living squeeze? Distributional implications of rising inflation
Orsetta Causa, Emilia Soldani, Nhung Luu and Chiara Soriolo
22 Dec 2022
Inflation has quickly and significantly increased in most OECD countries since the end of 2021 and further accelerated after Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, mostly driven by surging energy and food prices. Certain categories of households...
Macroeconomic and distributional consequences of net zero policies in the United Kingdom
Jon Pareliussen, Aurelien Saussay and Josh Burke
19 Dec 2022
This paper presents new simulation results for the UK combining macroeconomic simulations in ThreeME, a computable general equilibrium model, with household-level micro-simulations with the aim to provide consistent estimates of macroeconomic and...
Policies to reach net zero emissions in the United Kingdom
Jon Pareliussen, David Crowe, Tobias Kruse and Daniela Glocker
19 Dec 2022
The United Kingdom is among world leaders in reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions, and a broad political consensus supports the target to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050. The UK’s strong institutional framework is an inspiration to...