Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 47,14 MB
Release : 1979-04-01
Category :
ISBN : 9264152571
OECD's 1979 Economic Survey of Sweden examines recent economic developments, economic policy and some medium-term perspectives, and short-term prospects before drawing a series of policy conclusions.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 29,26 MB
Release : 2021-11-18
Category :
ISBN : 9264891242
The French economy rebounded quickly following the COVID-19 crisis, in particular thanks to the acceleration of the vaccination campaign and strong public support measures. Rapid and effective implementation of the recovery and investment plans would help support stronger and more sustainable growth.
Author : Oecd
Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 20,58 MB
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789264911161
Swiss citizens continue to enjoy high living standards on a range of dimensions. Economic growth has slowed but the healthy labour market is still supporting incomes and consumption. However, risks to the outlook are building. Monetary policy has been very accommodative but low interest rates are adding to financial risks. Fiscal policy is sound and debt low. There is scope to make greater use of available fiscal space. Adapting to population ageing is becoming pressing. This trend, along with digital transformation, will bring new opportunities for the economy and society, but challenges as well. Policies have not kept up with rising life expectancy, particularly the statutory retirement age. Updating the pension system and lowering barriers to working longer would ensure that workers continue to receive adequate incomes during retirement. Ageing will also pressure health care spending and increase demand for long-term care. Policies to contain costs and reduce fragmentation in the system can help maintain access to quality care. Switzerland is well placed to seize the opportunities offered by new technologies. Addressing the barriers to adoption, improving the availability of information and helping workers adapt will enable firms, individuals and governments to reap the benefits of digitalisation. SPECIAL FEATURE: POLICIES FOR AN AGEING SOCIETY
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Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 12,50 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Computer network resources
ISBN :
Author : Richard B. Freeman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,54 MB
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0226261913
Over the course of the twentieth century, Sweden carried out one of the most ambitious experiments by a capitalist market economy in developing a large and active welfare state. Sweden's generous social programs and the economic equality they fostered became an example for other countries to emulate. Of late, Sweden has also been much discussed as a model of how to deal with financial and economic crisis, due to the country's recovery from a banking crisis in the mid-1990s. At that time economists heatedly debated whether the welfare state caused Sweden's crisis and should be reformed—a debate with clear parallels to current concerns over capitalism. Bringing together leading economists, Reforming the Welfare State examines Sweden's policies in response to the mid-1990s crisis and the implications for the subsequent recovery. Among the issues investigated are the way changes in the labor market, tax and benefit policies, local government policy, industrial structure, and international trade affected Sweden's recovery. The way that Sweden addressed its economic challenges provides valuable insight into the viability of large welfare states, and more broadly, into the way modern economies deal with crisis.
Author : Friedrich Schneider
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 12,89 MB
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107034841
This book presents new data to give an overview of shadow economies from OECD countries and propose solutions to prevent illicit work.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 40,83 MB
Release : 1978-04-01
Category :
ISBN : 9264152091
OECD's 1978 Economic Survey of Sweden examines recent economic developments, trends in wage differentials, and the outlook for 1978 and medium-term perspectives before drawing a series of conclusions.
Author : Richard B. Freeman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 24,53 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0226261859
Once heralded in the 1950s and 1960s as a model welfare state, Sweden is now in transition and in trouble since its economic plunge in the early 1990s. This volume presents ten essays that examine Sweden's economic problems from a U.S. perspective. Exploring such diverse topics as income equalization and efficiency, welfare and tax policy, wage determination and unemployment, and international competitiveness and growth, they consider how Sweden's welfare state succeeded in eliminating poverty and became a role model for other countries. They then reflect on Sweden's past economic problems, such as the increase in government spending and the fall in industrial productivity, warning of problems to come. Finally they review the consequences of the collapse of Sweden's economy in the early 1990s, exploring the implications of its efforts to reform its welfare state and reestablish a healthy economy. This volume will be of interest to policymakers and analysts, social scientists, and economists interested in welfare states.
Author : Assar Lindbeck
Publisher : Center for Business and Policy Studies
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 12,32 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
In The Swedish Experiment Assar Lindbeck characterizes the economic and social system in Sweden in terms of a number of institutional features by which Sweden has differed from most other developed countries. They refer mainly to the division of responsibilities between the private and the government sector, in particular with respect to economic security, employment, income distribution, consumption and investment. The book concludes by asking whether the Swedish experiment is gradually unwinding and, if so, why. The Swedish Experiment is written in a nontechnical fashion and should be of great interest not only to professional economists, but also to students of economics and other social sciences as well as to general readers.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 21,78 MB
Release : 2010-07-19
Category :
ISBN : 9264083197
OECD's periodic review of South Africa's economy. This edition features chapters covering moving beyond the crisis and finding a sustainable growth path, strengthening the macroeconomic policy framework, and closing the labour utilisation gap.
