OECD Economic Surveys : Luxembourg 2001

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Luxembourg--Economic conditions--Periodicals.

Luxembourg.

Luxembourg--Economic policy--Periodicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 p.)

Other Title:

OECD Economic Surveys

Place of Publication:

: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 2001 edition of OECD's periodic review of Luxembourg's economy includes special features on fiscal policy and structural reform.

Contents:

""Table of contents""; ""Assessment and recommendations""; ""I. Recent trends and short-term prospects""; ""Economic activity""; ""Growth accelerated in 1999�""; ""Table 1. Demand and output: recent trends and projections""; ""� led by strong growth in the transport and communications sector""; ""Private services underpin high growth and weaken the effects of the international business cycle""; ""Figure 1. Contributions to real GDP growth""; ""Figure 2. Real GDP growth""; ""Business indicators point to even higher growth in 2000""; ""Employment and unemployment""

""Employment growth rose to record rates in 1999�""""Figure 3. Employment and unemployment""; ""� and has been even higher this year""; ""Inflation and wage rates""; ""Rising energy prices have pushed up inflation�""; ""Figure 4. Inflation""; ""� boosting index-linked wage increases�""; ""Table 2. The contribution of indexation to average wage increases""; ""� and resulting in hourly wage rises amongst the highest in Europe""; ""Figure 5. Standardised hourly wage costs""; ""Balance of payments""; ""Aircraft purchases reduced the current account surplus in 1999�""

""Table 3. Current balance of payments""""� but it is set to rise markedly in 2000""; ""Prospects""; ""Monetary conditions and export markets should become progressively less supportive""; ""Figure 6. Monetary conditions""; ""Growth and inflation should slow from a peak in 2000""; ""II. Fiscal policy""; ""Overview""; ""Recent developments""; ""Figure 7. General government finances""; ""The budget in 2000""; ""Table 4. General government budget and debt""; ""The budget in 2001 and beyond""; ""Figure 8. Marginal tax rates on household income before and after the tax reform""

""Figure 9. Composition of current receipts""""Medium and long-term prospects""; ""Figure 10. Ageing and public finances""; ""III. Progress in structural reform""; ""Productivity growth""; ""Table 5. Productivity growth""; ""Figure 11. Trend multi-factor productivity growth""; ""Box 1. Measuring living standards""; ""Figure 12. Gross national income per capita, 1999""; ""Labour markets""; ""High employment growth and low unemployment""; ""Figure 13. Employment growth rate""; ""Figure 14. Evolution of unemployment""; ""Figure 15. Unemployment rate, 1999""

""Figure 16. Decomposition of domestic employment""""Low employment ratios, notably for older workers and women""; ""Figure 17. Employment-population ratio""; ""Figure 18. Employment-population ratio, by gender and age group, 1999""; ""Figure 19. Employment-population ratio for older age group, 55-64""; ""Figure 20. The gender gap in employment-population ratios""; ""Table 6. Working-age persons receiving a benefit associated with non-employment""; ""Older workers""; ""Reasons for withdrawing from the labour force prematurely""; ""Table 7. Disability or early retirement pensions""

""Table 8. Representative disability and retirement pensions, 1997""

Notes:

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ISBN:

92-64-19225-5

OCLC:

642661509