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No. 1800 | 07 May 2024 |
Reducing inequalities and bolstering growth in Mexico
Continuing the recent fall in income inequality and poverty will necessitate stepping up efforts to both address pressing social issues and bolster economic growth. Redoubling efforts to improve education outcomes would help Mexicans gaining the... |
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No. 1799 | 07 May 2024 |
Harnessing nearshoring opportunities in Mexico by boosting productivity and fighting climate change
Mexico has large potential to boost its productivity and attract investment from companies looking to relocate their operations to North America. It also has an historic opportunity to spread the benefits of trade throughout the country, integrate... |
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No. 1798 | 07 May 2024 |
Strengthening economic resilience within global value chains in Switzerland
Switzerland has shown remarkable strength during past economic downturns. A comprehensive risk planning and monitoring system, as well as essential-goods stockpiles has effectively bridged temporary supply disruptions. Yet, rising geopolitical... |
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No. 1797 | 07 May 2024 |
A growth-friendly and inclusive green transition strategy for Thailand
This paper discusses Thailand’s green growth policy framework with a focus on finding the right policy mix and institutional setup. Given that the economy is in a process of catching up with advanced economies, particular emphasis will need to be... |
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No. 1796 | 24 Apr 2024 |
Lost in the green transition? Measurement and stylized facts
Greening the economy entails jobs contracting in “high-polluting” economic activities and expanding in environment-friendly activities. Minimizing the corresponding transition costs is crucial to accelerate decarbonisation and reduce displacement... |
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No. 1795 | 24 Apr 2024 |
A new measurement approach for identifying high-polluting jobs across European countries
This paper develops a novel classification of high-polluting occupations for a large sample of European countries. Unlike previous efforts in the literature, the classification exploits country-level data on air polluting emission intensity by... |
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No. 1794 | 24 Apr 2024 |
Achieving the transition to net zero in Australia
Australia has committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and more recently outlined a more ambitious intermediate target for emission reductions by 2030. However, achieving these targets will be challenging given a historical... |
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No. 1793 | 24 Apr 2024 |
Fully realising the economic potential of women in Australia
Gender inequalities in Australia have steadily declined, but remain particularly visible in the labour market. Women in Australia have lower employment rates, hourly wages and hours worked than their male counterparts. Childbirth is particularly... |
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No. 1792 | 24 Apr 2024 |
Addressing demographic headwinds in Japan: A long-term perspective
Japan faces serious demographic headwinds. Under current fertility, employment and immigration rates, the population would fall by 45% by 2100 and employment by 52%. Given the challenges of a shrinking and ageing population, the government has... |
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No. 1791 | 08 Feb 2024 |
Making the grass greener
Despite the ambitious carbon reduction targets set by policy makers worldwide, current investments fall well short of the net-zero emissions scenario. This paper analyses the factors holding back corporate green investment, with a particular focus on... |
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No. 1790 | 31 Jan 2024 |
Scaling-up infrastructure investment to strengthen sustainable development in Brazil
Infrastructure investment has been low in Brazil over the last decades, leaving significant gaps in all infrastructure sectors. To close these gaps, public investment will need to increase and become more effective, while additional private resources... |
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No. 1789 | 31 Jan 2024 |
Independent fiscal institutions
The paper reviews the diverse experience of OECD countries in establishing and running independent fiscal institutions, offering insights that could be useful for Latin American countries seeking to set-up and strengthen those institutions in the... |
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No. 1788 | 21 Dec 2023 |
Employment dynamics across firms during COVID-19
This paper analyses employment dynamics across firms during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of job retention schemes (JRS) in shaping these dynamics. It relies on a novel collection of high-frequency harmonised micro-aggregated statistics,... |
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No. 1787 | 21 Dec 2023 |
Addressing labour market challenges for sustainable and inclusive growth in Israel
High employment growth has sustained Israel’s high GDP growth in recent decades, but demographic change and labour market duality put future growth at risk. Policy action is required to stimulate employment and raise labour productivity, especially... |
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No. 1786 | 21 Dec 2023 |
Identifying and tracking climate change mitigation strategies
This paper identifies different types of climate change mitigation strategies countries adopted over the last two decades and assesses the policy synergies they might generate. The analysis exploits the rich policy repository of the OECD’s Climate... |
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No. 1785 | 21 Dec 2023 |
Do governments re-prioritise spending?
This study investigates the capacity of governments to reallocate spending across different functions of the government. It mobilises the COFOG dataset for the period 1996 - 2017, which allows comparing public spending mixes at detailed levels in... |
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No. 1784 | 12 Dec 2023 |
A better performing labour market for inclusive convergence in Croatia
Croatia’s labour market has made important progress over the past decade. Employment rates are rising, reducing the gap with OECD countries, and poverty has fallen. While important weaknesses remain, many dimensions of equity and working conditions... |
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No. 1783 | 12 Dec 2023 |
Improving the business environment to accelerate convergence in Croatia
Raising productivity growth is central to closing the gap with the incomes and well-being enjoyed in many OECD countries. Croatia has internationally competitive firms, and a dynamic economy with many young and potentially productive firms. However,... |
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No. 1782 | 12 Dec 2023 |
Labour market and education reforms are needed to create more and better jobs in Türkiye
The Turkish economy grew strongly over the past two decades and created many jobs. However, given its young and growing workforce, Türkiye needs to ramp up efforts to achieve high-quality formal job creation. A sizeable share of the workforce, mostly... |
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No. 1781 | 22 Dec 2023 |
Quantifying the effect of policies to promote educational performance on macroeconomic productivity
This paper evaluates the link between educational policies and i) student performance and ii) macroeconomic measures of productivity. The analysis has two stages. First, using the 2015 and 2018 PISA databases, it quantifies the relationship between... |
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Reducing inequalities and bolstering growth in Mexico
Alberto González Pandiella et Alessandro Maravalle
07 May 2024
Continuing the recent fall in income inequality and poverty will necessitate stepping up efforts to both address pressing social issues and bolster economic growth. Redoubling efforts to improve education outcomes would help Mexicans gaining the...
Harnessing nearshoring opportunities in Mexico by boosting productivity and fighting climate change
Alberto González Pandiella et Alessandro Maravalle
07 May 2024
Mexico has large potential to boost its productivity and attract investment from companies looking to relocate their operations to North America. It also has an historic opportunity to spread the benefits of trade throughout the country, integrate...
Strengthening economic resilience within global value chains in Switzerland
Erik Frohm
07 May 2024
Switzerland has shown remarkable strength during past economic downturns. A comprehensive risk planning and monitoring system, as well as essential-goods stockpiles has effectively bridged temporary supply disruptions. Yet, rising geopolitical...
A growth-friendly and inclusive green transition strategy for Thailand
Kosuke Suzuki, Jens Matthias Arnold, Jean Chateau, Supatra Sripumphet et Wilailuk Poolee
07 May 2024
This paper discusses Thailand’s green growth policy framework with a focus on finding the right policy mix and institutional setup. Given that the economy is in a process of catching up with advanced economies, particular emphasis will need to be...
Lost in the green transition? Measurement and stylized facts
Orsetta Causa, Maxime Nguyen et Emilia Soldani
24 Apr 2024
Greening the economy entails jobs contracting in “high-polluting” economic activities and expanding in environment-friendly activities. Minimizing the corresponding transition costs is crucial to accelerate decarbonisation and reduce displacement...
A new measurement approach for identifying high-polluting jobs across European countries
Orsetta Causa, Maxime Nguyen et Emilia Soldani
24 Apr 2024
This paper develops a novel classification of high-polluting occupations for a large sample of European countries. Unlike previous efforts in the literature, the classification exploits country-level data on air polluting emission intensity by...
Achieving the transition to net zero in Australia
Alvaro Leandro
24 Apr 2024
Australia has committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and more recently outlined a more ambitious intermediate target for emission reductions by 2030. However, achieving these targets will be challenging given a historical...
Fully realising the economic potential of women in Australia
Ben Westmore
24 Apr 2024
Gender inequalities in Australia have steadily declined, but remain particularly visible in the labour market. Women in Australia have lower employment rates, hourly wages and hours worked than their male counterparts. Childbirth is particularly...
Addressing demographic headwinds in Japan: A long-term perspective
Randall S. Jones
24 Apr 2024
Japan faces serious demographic headwinds. Under current fertility, employment and immigration rates, the population would fall by 45% by 2100 and employment by 52%. Given the challenges of a shrinking and ageing population, the government has...
Making the grass greener
Hélia Costa, Lilas Demmou, Guido Franco et Stefan Lamp
08 Feb 2024
Despite the ambitious carbon reduction targets set by policy makers worldwide, current investments fall well short of the net-zero emissions scenario. This paper analyses the factors holding back corporate green investment, with a particular focus on...
Scaling-up infrastructure investment to strengthen sustainable development in Brazil
Falilou Fall, Priscilla Fialho et Tony Huang
31 Jan 2024
Infrastructure investment has been low in Brazil over the last decades, leaving significant gaps in all infrastructure sectors. To close these gaps, public investment will need to increase and become more effective, while additional private resources...
Independent fiscal institutions
Aida Caldera Sánchez, Paula Garda, Alberto González Pandiella, Alessandro Maravalle, Diego Rodriguez et Elena Vidal
31 Jan 2024
The paper reviews the diverse experience of OECD countries in establishing and running independent fiscal institutions, offering insights that could be useful for Latin American countries seeking to set-up and strengthen those institutions in the...
Employment dynamics across firms during COVID-19
Sara Calligaris, Gabriele Ciminelli, Hélia Costa, Chiara Criscuolo, Lilas Demmou, Isabelle Desnoyers-James, Guido Franco et Rudy Verlhac
21 Dec 2023
This paper analyses employment dynamics across firms during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of job retention schemes (JRS) in shaping these dynamics. It relies on a novel collection of high-frequency harmonised micro-aggregated statistics,...
Addressing labour market challenges for sustainable and inclusive growth in Israel
Michael Koelle
21 Dec 2023
High employment growth has sustained Israel’s high GDP growth in recent decades, but demographic change and labour market duality put future growth at risk. Policy action is required to stimulate employment and raise labour productivity, especially...
Identifying and tracking climate change mitigation strategies
Filippo Maria D’Arcangelo, Tobias Kruse et Mauro Pisu
21 Dec 2023
This paper identifies different types of climate change mitigation strategies countries adopted over the last two decades and assesses the policy synergies they might generate. The analysis exploits the rich policy repository of the OECD’s Climate...
Do governments re-prioritise spending?
Sebastian Barnes, Boris Cournède et Julien Pascal
21 Dec 2023
This study investigates the capacity of governments to reallocate spending across different functions of the government. It mobilises the COFOG dataset for the period 1996 - 2017, which allows comparing public spending mixes at detailed levels in...
A better performing labour market for inclusive convergence in Croatia
Tim Bulman
12 Dec 2023
Croatia’s labour market has made important progress over the past decade. Employment rates are rising, reducing the gap with OECD countries, and poverty has fallen. While important weaknesses remain, many dimensions of equity and working conditions...
Improving the business environment to accelerate convergence in Croatia
Timo Leidecker et Tim Bulman
12 Dec 2023
Raising productivity growth is central to closing the gap with the incomes and well-being enjoyed in many OECD countries. Croatia has internationally competitive firms, and a dynamic economy with many young and potentially productive firms. However,...
Labour market and education reforms are needed to create more and better jobs in Türkiye
Dennis Dlugosch
12 Dec 2023
The Turkish economy grew strongly over the past two decades and created many jobs. However, given its young and growing workforce, Türkiye needs to ramp up efforts to achieve high-quality formal job creation. A sizeable share of the workforce, mostly...
Quantifying the effect of policies to promote educational performance on macroeconomic productivity
Balázs Égert, Christine de la Maisonneuve et David Turner
22 Dec 2023
This paper evaluates the link between educational policies and i) student performance and ii) macroeconomic measures of productivity. The analysis has two stages. First, using the 2015 and 2018 PISA databases, it quantifies the relationship between...