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No. 219 | 27 Jul 1999 |
Testing for a Common OECD Phillips Curve
This paper reports estimates of a reduced form relationship explaining inflation in terms of the output gap and import price inflation for most OECD countries. Results are reported both for single equation estimation on a country-by-country basis and... |
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No. 218 | 28 Jul 1999 |
Sustainable Economic Growth
This document examines Norwegian policy on managing natural and environmental resources. These issues, and more generally the challenges of sustainable development, are primary concerns of the authorities in Norway, a country richly endowed with... |
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No. 217 | 23 Jul 1999 |
Coping with Population Ageing in Australia
As in other OECD countries Australia’s population is ageing progressively. On unchanged policies, this will increase government outlays for public pensions and health care, causing a deterioration in budget balances, and reduce economic growth... |
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No. 216 | 25 Jun 1999 |
Estimating Prudent Budgetary Margins for 11 EU Countries
In this paper, a structural VAR model is estimated for 11 EU countries in order to assess the effect on the government deficit ratio of four independent economic disturbances: supply, fiscal, real private demand and monetary shocks. Based on the... |
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No. 215 | 10 May 1999 |
The Problems and Prospects Faced by Pay-As-You-Go Pension Systems
Without further reforms, pay-as-you-go pension systems throughout most of continental Europe face unsustainable financial imbalances as their population ages. Though this paper describes the Greek pension system, which will face especially severe... |
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No. 214 | 05 May 1999 |
Greek Public Enterprises
A successful reform of public enterprises would improve productivity in key sectors of the Greek economy, and thus provide essential inputs at lower cost to the economy as a whole. Reforms would need to address the factors that are responsible for... |
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No. 213 | 30 Apr 1999 |
The Levels and Cyclical Behaviour of Mark-ups Across Countries and Market Structures
In this paper, we present estimates of the mark-up of product price over marginal costs for the US manufacturing industries over the 1970-1992 period. The paper extends the analysis used in previous studies based on nominal productivity residuals by... |
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No. 212 | 23 Apr 1999 |
Poverty Dynamics in Four OECD Countries
This study examines the dynamics of poverty for four OECD countries (Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States). It provides information on patterns of poverty, which groups stay in poverty the longest, and household/individual... |
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No. 211 | 18 Feb 1999 |
The Recent Experience with Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies
This paper summarises key points of the recent extensive discussion of the factors behind the volatility of cross-border capital flows in emerging market countries and possible corrective measures. The root cause of the recent volatility of capital... |
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No. 210 | 10 Feb 1999 |
Foreign Portfolio Investors Before and during a Crisis
Different categories of foreign portfolio investors in Korea have differences as well as similarities in their trading behavior before and during the currency crisis. First, non-resident institutional investors are always positive feedback traders,... |
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No. 209 | 10 Feb 1999 |
Towards More Efficient Government
In Germany fiscal relations between the various levels of government have come to the fore of the policy debate. In practice the federal fiscal set-up has evolved towards consensus and co-operation, where equalisation of living standards takes... |
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No. 208 | 02 Dec 1998 |
Stock Market Fluctuations and Consumption Behaviour
This paper examines the likely influence of recent stock market fluctuations on major OECD economies, focusing on wealth effects and consumption. After reviewing the relevant theoretical framework and available empirical evidence, consumption... |
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No. 207 | 24 Jun 1998 |
Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision
It has been suggested that much of the dramatic decline in the participation rate of Dutch elderly has been caused by features of the Dutch retirement income support system. The Dutch system consists of several alternative schemes that can be used to... |
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No. 206 | 24 Jun 1998 |
Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the retirement decision in the United Kingdom. We distinguish four retirement routes: retirement, unemployment, long-term sickness and other states. The focus of the paper is the impact of pension benefits... |
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No. 205 | 23 Jun 1998 |
Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision
This paper exploits an Italian microeconomic data set to study retirement behaviour of women and men using survival analysis techniques. After a brief introduction to the Italian pension system and to the Bank of Italy survey, different... |
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No. 204 | 24 Jun 1998 |
Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision
This paper analyses the determinants of the retirement decision in Germany using microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel over the period 1985-1995. Non-parametric and semi-parametric techniques have been used to describe the exit to... |
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No. 203 | 23 Jun 1998 |
Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision
Using three waves of the ongoing Health and Retirement Survey, we document the labour force withdrawal patterns of a sample of older Americans aged 55-61 and working in 1992. We note the importance of Social Security and employer pension benefits for... |
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No. 202 | 15 Feb 1999 |
The Retirement Decision in OECD Countries
This paper examines the main determinants of the decision to retire from the labour market in OECD countries, and in particular the role of social security systems in driving down the labour-force participation rate of older people in recent decades.... |
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No. 201 | 23 Jun 1998 |
Macroeconomic Effects of Pension Reforms in The Context of Ageing Populations
Using overlapping generations (OLG) models calibrated on seven OECD countries -- the United States, Japan, France, Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom and Sweden -- the authors investigate the macroeconomic impact of possible pension reform strategies... |
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No. 200 | 23 Jun 1998 |
The Macroeconomics of Ageing, Pensions and Savings
The effect of pension systems on public and private saving is important - savings are a crucial link between decisions today and living standards tomorrow. This paper, following a brief overview of pension systems in some OECD countries, reviews the... |
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Testing for a Common OECD Phillips Curve
Dave Turner et Elena Seghezza
27 Jul 1999
This paper reports estimates of a reduced form relationship explaining inflation in terms of the output gap and import price inflation for most OECD countries. Results are reported both for single equation estimation on a country-by-country basis and...
Sustainable Economic Growth
Paul van den Noord et Ann Vourc'h
28 Jul 1999
This document examines Norwegian policy on managing natural and environmental resources. These issues, and more generally the challenges of sustainable development, are primary concerns of the authorities in Norway, a country richly endowed with...
Coping with Population Ageing in Australia
David Carey
23 Jul 1999
As in other OECD countries Australia’s population is ageing progressively. On unchanged policies, this will increase government outlays for public pensions and health care, causing a deterioration in budget balances, and reduce economic growth...
Estimating Prudent Budgetary Margins for 11 EU Countries
Thomas Dalsgaard et Alain de Serres
25 Jun 1999
In this paper, a structural VAR model is estimated for 11 EU countries in order to assess the effect on the government deficit ratio of four independent economic disturbances: supply, fiscal, real private demand and monetary shocks. Based on the...
The Problems and Prospects Faced by Pay-As-You-Go Pension Systems
Paul Mylonas et Christine de la Maisonneuve
10 May 1999
Without further reforms, pay-as-you-go pension systems throughout most of continental Europe face unsustainable financial imbalances as their population ages. Though this paper describes the Greek pension system, which will face especially severe...
Greek Public Enterprises
Paul Mylonas et Isabelle Joumard
05 May 1999
A successful reform of public enterprises would improve productivity in key sectors of the Greek economy, and thus provide essential inputs at lower cost to the economy as a whole. Reforms would need to address the factors that are responsible for...
The Levels and Cyclical Behaviour of Mark-ups Across Countries and Market Structures
Joaquim Oliveira Martins et Stefano Scarpetta
30 Apr 1999
In this paper, we present estimates of the mark-up of product price over marginal costs for the US manufacturing industries over the 1970-1992 period. The paper extends the analysis used in previous studies based on nominal productivity residuals by...
Poverty Dynamics in Four OECD Countries
Pablo Antolín, Thai-Thanh Dang et Howard Oxley
23 Apr 1999
This study examines the dynamics of poverty for four OECD countries (Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States). It provides information on patterns of poverty, which groups stay in poverty the longest, and household/individual...
The Recent Experience with Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies
Sveinbjörn Blöndal et Hans Christiansen
18 Feb 1999
This paper summarises key points of the recent extensive discussion of the factors behind the volatility of cross-border capital flows in emerging market countries and possible corrective measures. The root cause of the recent volatility of capital...
Foreign Portfolio Investors Before and during a Crisis
Woochan Kim et Shang-Jin Wei
10 Feb 1999
Different categories of foreign portfolio investors in Korea have differences as well as similarities in their trading behavior before and during the currency crisis. First, non-resident institutional investors are always positive feedback traders,...
Towards More Efficient Government
Eckhard Wurzel
10 Feb 1999
In Germany fiscal relations between the various levels of government have come to the fore of the policy debate. In practice the federal fiscal set-up has evolved towards consensus and co-operation, where equalisation of living standards takes...
Stock Market Fluctuations and Consumption Behaviour
Laurence Boone, Claude Giorno et Pete Richardson
02 Dec 1998
This paper examines the likely influence of recent stock market fluctuations on major OECD economies, focusing on wealth effects and consumption. After reviewing the relevant theoretical framework and available empirical evidence, consumption...
Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision
Maarten Lindeboom
24 Jun 1998
It has been suggested that much of the dramatic decline in the participation rate of Dutch elderly has been caused by features of the Dutch retirement income support system. The Dutch system consists of several alternative schemes that can be used to...
Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision
Raffaele Miniaci et Elena Stancanelli
24 Jun 1998
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the retirement decision in the United Kingdom. We distinguish four retirement routes: retirement, unemployment, long-term sickness and other states. The focus of the paper is the impact of pension benefits...
Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision
Raffaele Miniaci
23 Jun 1998
This paper exploits an Italian microeconomic data set to study retirement behaviour of women and men using survival analysis techniques. After a brief introduction to the Italian pension system and to the Bank of Italy survey, different...
Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision
Pablo Antolín et Stefano Scarpetta
24 Jun 1998
This paper analyses the determinants of the retirement decision in Germany using microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel over the period 1985-1995. Non-parametric and semi-parametric techniques have been used to describe the exit to...
Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision
Joseph Quinn, Richard Burkhauser, Kevin Cahill et Robert Weathers
23 Jun 1998
Using three waves of the ongoing Health and Retirement Survey, we document the labour force withdrawal patterns of a sample of older Americans aged 55-61 and working in 1992. We note the importance of Social Security and employer pension benefits for...
The Retirement Decision in OECD Countries
Sveinbjörn Blöndal et Stefano Scarpetta
15 Feb 1999
This paper examines the main determinants of the decision to retire from the labour market in OECD countries, and in particular the role of social security systems in driving down the labour-force participation rate of older people in recent decades....
Macroeconomic Effects of Pension Reforms in The Context of Ageing Populations
Ketil Hviding et Marcel Mérette
23 Jun 1998
Using overlapping generations (OLG) models calibrated on seven OECD countries -- the United States, Japan, France, Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom and Sweden -- the authors investigate the macroeconomic impact of possible pension reform strategies...
The Macroeconomics of Ageing, Pensions and Savings
Richard Kohl et Paul O'Brien
23 Jun 1998
The effect of pension systems on public and private saving is important - savings are a crucial link between decisions today and living standards tomorrow. This paper, following a brief overview of pension systems in some OECD countries, reviews the...