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Providing Greater Old-Age Security in China
Herd, Richard; Hu, Hu-Wei; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
China’s population is set to age fast, owing to low fertility and rising life expectancy. With ongoing migration of the younger cohorts to urban areas the increase in the old-age dependency ratio will be even more pronounced in rural than in urban areas. Very different pension arrangements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542491
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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
’. Ukraine and Russia began the market transition with broadly similar institutions, industrial structures and levels of … transition.<P>Le secteur manufacturier russe et la menace du « syndrome néerlandais » Comparaison du développement de la …’industrie manufacturière en Russie serait affectée par le ‘syndrome néerlandais’. L’Ukraine et la Russie ont commencé leur transition vers l …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046265
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Modeling Institutions, Start-ups and Productivity during Transition
Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
The transition paths from plan to market have varied markedly across countries. Central and Eastern European and the … stage of transition, underscoring the importance of reforms. The role of the state sector as an employer during transition … de la période de transition<BR>On a pu constater des passages bien différents d’un système planifié vers un système de …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465165
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Realising the Oil Supply Potential of the CIS: The Impact of Institutions and Policies
Ahrend, Rudiger; Tompson, William - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
This paper provides an overview of the political economy of oil in the CIS. It briefly situates the region's oil sector potential in the global context, before analysing the structural features of the oil sectors by country. It examines the ways in which CIS oil industries have been organised...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046116
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Understanding Russian Regions' Economic Performance during Periods of Decline and Growth: An Extreme-bound Analysis Approach
Ahrend, Rudiger - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
This article uses “extreme-bound”-type analysis to revisit the determinants behind widely differing economic growth in Russian regions. Using data of 77 regions for 1993-2004, it separately examines the growth drivers for the phase of economic decline up to 1998, and for the period of strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005049020
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Improving China's Health Care System
Herd, Richard; Hu, Yu-Wei; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
Overall, health outcomes in China have improved tremendously over the past three decades, especially thanks to the reduction in some traditional infectious diseases. However, death rates from chronic diseases have been on the rise, not least owing to changes in life styles and deteriorating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480476
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A Pause in the Growth of Inequality in China?
Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
In recent years, policymaking in China has put increasing emphasis on stemming the growth in inequality, which had been fairly steep since the 1980s. Policy action has taken the form of regional development measures and of reforms of various aspects of the social safety net broadly defined. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480479
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Policies for Inclusive Urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276950
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Norway
Høj, Jens; Wise, Michael - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
Norwegian growth has been strong over the past decade. This development has been supported by the off-shore sector, but depleting oil reserves implies that growth will have to rely increasingly on the mainland economy. Empirical work shows that competition is important for promoting economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045589
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The Role of Policy and Institutions for Productivity and Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Micro and Industry Data
Scarpetta, Stefano; Hemmings, Philip; Tressel, Thierry; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
This paper presents empirical evidence on the role that policy and institutional settings in both product and labour market play for productivity and firm dynamics. It exploits a new firm-level database for ten OECD countries and industry-level data for a broader set of countries, together with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045611