Structural Reforms and Growth: Product and Labor Market Deregulations

Sylvester Eijffinger () and Alberto Rossi

No 5988, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

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.

Keywords: employment; growth; IMD competitiveness index; productivity; regulation; unemployment; wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 E24 J50 L16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-mac and nep-reg
Date: 2006-12
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