Structural Reforms and Economic Performance: The Experience of Advanced Economies

Nauro F. Campos, Paul De Grauwe and Yuemei Ji

Journal of Economic Literature, 2025, vol. 63, issue 1, 111-63

Abstract: This article provides a comprehensive assessment of the theoretical and empirical literature on structural reforms in advanced economies. Structural reforms matter because they entail profound and systematic changes that affect economic welfare, productivity, growth, unemployment, macroeconomic stability, and income inequality. Here we focus on structural reforms in product, labor, and financial markets. After putting forward a set of stylized facts, we take stock of the literature on each of these three key structural reforms, and then assess their business cycle and political economy implications. We underscore various gaps in the literature and articulate a future research agenda that highlights four main areas: measurement, interactions among reforms, political economy considerations, and the timing of the implementation of reforms.

JEL-codes: D40 E23 E24 E25 E32 E44 P11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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