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Russian Industrial Restructuring: Trends in Productivity, Competitiveness and Comparative Advantage

Ahrend, Rudiger - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

This article investigates issues related to industrial restructuring in Russia. Based on extensive sectoral data it examines, more particularly, levels and changes in labour productivity, unit labour costs and revealed comparative advantages for a large number of Russian industrial sectors. The...

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Migration in OECD countries: Labour Market Impact and Integration Issues

Jean, Sébastien; Causa, Orsetta; Jimenez, Miguel; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

avoir un impact distributif sur les salaires des natifs et un impact temporaire sur leur taux de chômage. Cependant, l …

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Assessing the OECD Jobs Strategy: Past Developments and Reforms

Brandt, Nicola; Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Duval, Romain - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

In 1994, the OECD published a set of recommendations -- known as the OECD Jobs Strategy -- to deal with high and persistent unemployment that affected many member countries. These recommendations are currently being reassessed by the OECD and this paper contributes to this process. It provides a...

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Integration of Immigrants in OECD Countries: Do Policies Matter?

Causa, Orsetta; Jean, Sébastien - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

méthodologie à des données comparables pour douze pays de l’OCDE, les salaires et de probabilité d’emploi des immigrés s … des années écoulées depuis l’installation, en particulier concernant les salaires, reflétant un processus d …

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Russian Manufacturing and the Threat of ‘Dutch Disease': A Comparison of Competitiveness Developments in Russian and Ukrainian Industry

Ahrend, Rudiger; Rosa, Donato de; Tompson, William - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

This paper examines the development of Russian industry in comparison with that of Ukrainian industry during 1995–2004 in an effort to ascertain to what extent, if any, Russian manufacturing showed signs of succumbing to ‘Dutch disease’. Ukraine and Russia began the market transition with...

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Educational Attainment and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa, 1994-2010

Branson, Nicola; Leibbrandt, Murray - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

In this paper we document the impact of education levels on labour market outcomes from 1994 to 2010 using national household survey data. We show that higher levels of education are strongly rewarded in the labour market in terms of earnings and that a tertiary qualification improves an...

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Education Quality and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa

Branson, Nicola; Leibbrandt, Murray - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

niveaux éducatifs sur les salaires et les probabilités d’avoir un emploi sont robustes à l’inclusion de ces variables de … qualité de l’éducation. De plus, il y a une relation directe significative entre nos variables de qualité et les salaires … augmente les salaires d’en moyenne 8%, tandis que diminuer le ratio élève-enseignant d’un élève augmente les salaires de 1 …

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Dividing the Pie in Brazil: Income Distribution, Social Policies and the New Middle Class

Arnold, Jens; Jalles, João - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Brazil has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and inequality. This reduction is explained by strong growth but also by effective social policies. Besides growth, public services and cash transfers have played the biggest role, the latter notably through the successful “Bolsa...

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Options for Reforming The Tax System in Greece

Bronchi, Chiara - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

For many years Greece has not made a systematic effort to redesign the whole tax system. Changes to taxation have been …

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Reforming the Tax System in Portugal

Bronchi, Chiara; Gomes-Santos, José C. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

priority to a lower frequency of tax changes; making the taxation of dependent workers more equitable and less onerous vis …

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