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No. 1741 | 16 Dec 2022 |
Product market regulation in Indonesia
Appropriately designed Product Market Regulation (PMR) is essential to enhance productivity, boost economic growth and increase welfare. Regulation is needed to address market failures and guarantee the health and safety of consumers. However, by... |
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No. 1740 | 16 Dec 2022 |
Policies to increase youth employment in Korea
Korea’s low youth employment rate has negative consequences for the young people concerned and the economy as a whole. Raising youth employment is a priority, particularly as Korea faces the most rapid population ageing among OECD countries. Low... |
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No. 1739 | 13 Dec 2022 |
How labour market outcomes reflect age, gender and skills in Korea
Using micro-data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), this paper seeks to answer how age, gender and childbirth are reflected in literacy proficiency, employment prospects and pay, and to which extent labour market outcomes are determined by... |
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No. 1738 | 14 Dec 2022 |
Enhancing insolvency frameworks to support economic renewal
This paper updates of the OECD Insolvency framework indicator, which summarises the main features of insolvency systems, with respect to their ability to prevent the failure of viable firms, allow a timely exit of non-viable companies, facilitate... |
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No. 1737 | 13 Dec 2022 |
Population ageing and government revenue
Population ageing is expected to result in significantly higher government spending in many OECD countries in the coming decades. This paper sheds light on the macroeconomic consequences of population ageing for government revenue in a framework... |
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No. 1736 | 08 Dec 2022 |
Improving the regulatory framework in the natural gas sector in Brazil
This paper describes and analyses recent reforms in the natural gas market in Brazil aimed at fostering a more open, competitive, efficient, and flexible gas sector. This paper reviews the changes in the regulatory framework using two lenses: the... |
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No. 1735 | 08 Dec 2022 |
Product Market Regulation in Brazil
Appropriately designed and implemented regulations are powerful tools for enhancing economic performance. A strong and sound regulatory framework can mitigate threats to health, safety, and the environment and address market imperfections. However,... |
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No. 1734 | 08 Dec 2022 |
The pass-through of the monetary policy rate into lending rates in Mexico
This paper estimates the pass-through of monetary policy rates into five lending rates in Mexico using auto regressive distributed lags models (ARDLs) and taking into account several financial market characteristics. Results show that the... |
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No. 1733 | 30 Nov 2022 |
Strengthening the social safety net in Korea
Social protection in Korea is designed around traditional forms of employment and excludes a substantial share of workers in non-standard employment. The resulting social protection gaps compound income inequality and undermine financial... |
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No. 1732 | 21 Nov 2022 |
Estimating the CO2 emission and revenue effects of carbon pricing
This paper estimates the long-run elasticity of emissions and carbon-related government revenues to carbon pricing. It is based on the OECD Effective Carbon Rates database, the most comprehensive cross-country longitudinal database on direct and... |
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No. 1731 | 21 Nov 2022 |
Measuring data as an asset
Data are shown to generate efficiency gains but to have been unevenly shared across firms and households, and the subpar economic performance of most advanced economies (prior to the pandemic) has been attributed to increased market power... |
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No. 1730 | 21 Oct 2022 |
Does faster internet increase exports? Evidence from New Zealand
This paper explores the relationship between adoption of ultra-fast broadband (UFB) and the export propensity of New Zealand firms. Previous literature have shown that the Internet facilitates exports by reducing search costs and informational... |
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No. 1729 | 17 Oct 2022 |
Quantifying the macroeconomic impact of COVID-19-related school closures through the human capital channel
This paper uses a new measure of human capital, which distinguishes both quality and quantity components, to estimate the long-term effect of the COVID-19-related school closures on aggregate productivity through the human capital channel.... |
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No. 1728 | 10 Oct 2022 |
Determinants of and barriers to people’s financial inclusion in Mexico
Individuals’ access to finance is particularly low in Mexico. Widening access to finance would boost growth and inclusion. This paper uses microdata from the National Survey for Financial Inclusion to assess the drivers of and the barriers to... |
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No. 1727 | 10 Oct 2022 |
Improving skills and employment opportunities in Tunisia
Unemployment rates have been persistently high, particularly for young labour market entrants. Rising access to education has increased the supply of high-skilled labour, but the private sector has mainly created jobs in low-skill intensive and... |
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No. 1726 | 27 Sept 2022 |
Digitalising the economy in Slovenia
This paper discusses key priorities and policy recommendations to accelerate Slovenia’s digital transformation. The government’s ambitious digitalisation strategy (Digital Slovenia 2030 Strategy) aims at putting Slovenia among the five most... |
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No. 1725 | 08 Aug 2022 |
Anti-corruption and public integrity strategies - Insights from new OECD indicators
The OECD’s new Public Integrity Indicators offer a credible alternative to existing corruption-related indices, as they draw directly on data from member countries instead of expert views. The indicators unpack the general notion of corruption into... |
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No. 1724 | 26 Aug 2022 |
Measuring and assessing the effects of climate policy uncertainty
This study proposes a new indicator of Climate Policy Uncertainty based on newspaper coverage frequency. The indicator currently includes 12 OECD Member Countries and covers the period 1990-2018. The index spikes near major political events and... |
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No. 1723 | 08 Aug 2022 |
The value of data in digital-based business models: Measurement and economic policy implications
A defining aspect of the digital age is data and its business use. Data have become an important input for firms (e.g., to train artificial intelligence algorithms) but data use is neither accounted for in macroeconomic statistics nor part of... |
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No. 1722 | 18 Jul 2022 |
Improving economic opportunities for all in Belgium
Income inequality is low in Belgium, and intergenerational income mobility is on par with the average OECD economy. However, as in other OECD countries, there is scope to improve equal access to opportunities across the population. Poverty risks are... |
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Product market regulation in Indonesia
Christine Lewis, Cristiana Vitale, Rosamaria Bitetti, Auxentius Andry Yudhianto and Javier Terrero-Dávila
16 Dec 2022
Appropriately designed Product Market Regulation (PMR) is essential to enhance productivity, boost economic growth and increase welfare. Regulation is needed to address market failures and guarantee the health and safety of consumers. However, by...
Policies to increase youth employment in Korea
Randall S. Jones and Jinwoan Beom
16 Dec 2022
Korea’s low youth employment rate has negative consequences for the young people concerned and the economy as a whole. Raising youth employment is a priority, particularly as Korea faces the most rapid population ageing among OECD countries. Low...
How labour market outcomes reflect age, gender and skills in Korea
Jon Pareliussen
13 Dec 2022
Using micro-data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), this paper seeks to answer how age, gender and childbirth are reflected in literacy proficiency, employment prospects and pay, and to which extent labour market outcomes are determined by...
Enhancing insolvency frameworks to support economic renewal
Christophe André and Lilas Demmou
14 Dec 2022
This paper updates of the OECD Insolvency framework indicator, which summarises the main features of insolvency systems, with respect to their ability to prevent the failure of viable firms, allow a timely exit of non-viable companies, facilitate...
Population ageing and government revenue
David Crowe, Jörg Haas, Valentine Millot, Łukasz Rawdanowicz and Sébastien Turban
13 Dec 2022
Population ageing is expected to result in significantly higher government spending in many OECD countries in the coming decades. This paper sheds light on the macroeconomic consequences of population ageing for government revenue in a framework...
Improving the regulatory framework in the natural gas sector in Brazil
Cristiana Vitale, Alexis Durand, Gloriana Madrigal, Manuel Gerardo Flores Romero, Pedro Caro de Sousa and Paul Yu
08 Dec 2022
This paper describes and analyses recent reforms in the natural gas market in Brazil aimed at fostering a more open, competitive, efficient, and flexible gas sector. This paper reviews the changes in the regulatory framework using two lenses: the...
Product Market Regulation in Brazil
Cristiana Vitale, Alexis Durand, Pedro Caro de Sousa and Paul Yu
08 Dec 2022
Appropriately designed and implemented regulations are powerful tools for enhancing economic performance. A strong and sound regulatory framework can mitigate threats to health, safety, and the environment and address market imperfections. However,...
The pass-through of the monetary policy rate into lending rates in Mexico
Alessandro Maravalle and Alberto González Pandiella
08 Dec 2022
This paper estimates the pass-through of monetary policy rates into five lending rates in Mexico using auto regressive distributed lags models (ARDLs) and taking into account several financial market characteristics. Results show that the...
Strengthening the social safety net in Korea
Hyunjeong Hwang, Axel Purwin and Jon Pareliussen
30 Nov 2022
Social protection in Korea is designed around traditional forms of employment and excludes a substantial share of workers in non-standard employment. The resulting social protection gaps compound income inequality and undermine financial...
Estimating the CO2 emission and revenue effects of carbon pricing
Filippo Maria D’Arcangelo, Mauro Pisu, Anasuya Raj and Kurt van Dender
21 Nov 2022
This paper estimates the long-run elasticity of emissions and carbon-related government revenues to carbon pricing. It is based on the OECD Effective Carbon Rates database, the most comprehensive cross-country longitudinal database on direct and...
Measuring data as an asset
Carol Corrado, Jonathan Haskel, Massimiliano Iommi and Cecilia Jona-Lasinio
21 Nov 2022
Data are shown to generate efficiency gains but to have been unevenly shared across firms and households, and the subpar economic performance of most advanced economies (prior to the pandemic) has been attributed to increased market power...
Does faster internet increase exports? Evidence from New Zealand
Lynda Sanderson, Garrick Wright-McNaughton and Naomitsu Yashiro
21 Oct 2022
This paper explores the relationship between adoption of ultra-fast broadband (UFB) and the export propensity of New Zealand firms. Previous literature have shown that the Internet facilitates exports by reducing search costs and informational...
Quantifying the macroeconomic impact of COVID-19-related school closures through the human capital channel
Christine de la Maisonneuve, Balázs Égert and David Turner
17 Oct 2022
This paper uses a new measure of human capital, which distinguishes both quality and quantity components, to estimate the long-term effect of the COVID-19-related school closures on aggregate productivity through the human capital channel....
Determinants of and barriers to people’s financial inclusion in Mexico
Steven Cassimon, Alessandro Maravalle, Alberto González Pandiella and Lou Turroques
10 Oct 2022
Individuals’ access to finance is particularly low in Mexico. Widening access to finance would boost growth and inclusion. This paper uses microdata from the National Survey for Financial Inclusion to assess the drivers of and the barriers to...
Improving skills and employment opportunities in Tunisia
Robert Grundke and Steven Cassimon
10 Oct 2022
Unemployment rates have been persistently high, particularly for young labour market entrants. Rising access to education has increased the supply of high-skilled labour, but the private sector has mainly created jobs in low-skill intensive and...
Digitalising the economy in Slovenia
Lucia Russo, Jens-Christian Høj and Martin Borowiecki
27 Sept 2022
This paper discusses key priorities and policy recommendations to accelerate Slovenia’s digital transformation. The government’s ambitious digitalisation strategy (Digital Slovenia 2030 Strategy) aims at putting Slovenia among the five most...
Anti-corruption and public integrity strategies - Insights from new OECD indicators
Zuzana Smidova, Agnès Cavaciuti and Jesper Johnsøn
08 Aug 2022
The OECD’s new Public Integrity Indicators offer a credible alternative to existing corruption-related indices, as they draw directly on data from member countries instead of expert views. The indicators unpack the general notion of corruption into...
Measuring and assessing the effects of climate policy uncertainty
Clara Berestycki, Stefano Carattini, Antoine Dechezleprêtre and Tobias Kruse
26 Aug 2022
This study proposes a new indicator of Climate Policy Uncertainty based on newspaper coverage frequency. The indicator currently includes 12 OECD Member Countries and covers the period 1990-2018. The index spikes near major political events and...
The value of data in digital-based business models: Measurement and economic policy implications
Carol Corrado, Jonathan Haskel, Massimiliano Iommi and Cecilia Jona-Lasinio
08 Aug 2022
A defining aspect of the digital age is data and its business use. Data have become an important input for firms (e.g., to train artificial intelligence algorithms) but data use is neither accounted for in macroeconomic statistics nor part of...
Improving economic opportunities for all in Belgium
Nicolas Gonne
18 Jul 2022
Income inequality is low in Belgium, and intergenerational income mobility is on par with the average OECD economy. However, as in other OECD countries, there is scope to improve equal access to opportunities across the population. Poverty risks are...