This chapter provides a critical overview of the state of the art in the economics literature on structural reforms. It … theoretical framework for the relationship between structural reforms, economic growth and income inequality. We argue that … whether structural reforms have a positive or negative impact depends on various factors. The type of reform, timing, sequence …

This paper provides a critical overview of the state of the art in the economics literature on structural reforms. It … theoretical framework for the relationship between structural reforms, economic growth and income inequality. We argue that … whether structural reforms have a positive or negative impact depends on various factors. The type of reform, timing, sequence …

the implementation of structural reforms. To this objective, we look at episodes of structural reforms over three decades … across 40 OECD and EU countries and link them to such factors. Our results suggest that structural reforms implementation is … promote rather than discourage structural reforms, while there seems no clear link between fiscal policy and reforms. Moreover …

This report is concerned with analysing, for eight EU Member States with lagging regions, the main structural reforms … Funds. Furthermore it provides an overview of the remaining structural reforms needed, including to the system and operation … carried out with a particular focus on the lagging regions. The first subsection of the report briefly sets out the structural …

At a time of slow growth in several advanced and emerging countries, calls for more structural reforms are multiplying …