28-April-2016
English
The Irish labour market is exceptionally open to international migration flows, thus making labour supply highly responsive to changes in cyclical conditions. Immigration provides the skills that the Irish economy needs.
19-April-2016
English
Italy’s low employment rate is associated with adverse labour market dynamics characterised differently across different categories of people.
12-April-2016
English
Improving education and skills is the linchpin to reduce income inequality and boost productivity growth. This paper argues that to improve, and make better use of, the skills of the labour force, Chile could gain a lot from a comprehensive and consistent Skills Strategy along three pillars: developing, activating and using skills effectively.
12-April-2016
English
The Chilean economy has had an extraordinary performance over the last decades with strong growth and declining poverty rates. This paper discusses how to achieve greater social inclusiveness against the background of weaker medium-term growth.
12-April-2016
English
Israel is a young country with still dynamic population growth, but it is already beginning to face the consequences of population ageing.
12-April-2016
English
Norway’s predominately public and tuition-fee free tertiary education system encourages participation and has high attainment rates. However, challenges in spending efficiency, study times, skills demand, inclusiveness and quality remain.
12-April-2016
English
This paper identifies the labour market impact of the Great Recession on immigrants compared to natives and how this relationship has evolved since the downturn.
9-March-2016
English
This paper investigates the impact of policies and institutions on health expenditures for a large panel of OECD countries for the period 2000-10.
19-February-2016
English
Despite having low government spending, Switzerland scores highly in various public policy outcomes, including health, education and transportation. But, as the population grows and ages, efficiency of public spending will have to rise to maintain low tax rates.