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Title: Structural Reforms and Growth: Product and Labor Market Deregulations

Author(s): Sylvester C W Eijffinger and Alberto Rossi

Publication Date: December 2006

Keyword(s): employment, growth, IMD competitiveness index, productivity, regulation, unemployment and wages

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics

Abstract: The paper focuses on labor and product market deregulations, as fundamental elements in the passage from an investment to an innovation-based economy. The approach undertaken is prominently empirical. After a very brief description of the regulatory levels on the two sides of the Atlantic, we take two cornerstone theoretical models: one developed by Robert Gordon (1997), the other developed by Blanchard and Giavazzi (2003) and we observe how well their theoretical predictions are supported by hard data. We conclude with an independent study on the accuracy of the IMD competitiveness index in predicting the overall economic performance of countries close to the technological frontier.

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Eijffinger, S and Rossi, A. 2006. 'Structural Reforms and Growth: Product and Labor Market Deregulations'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=5988