The political economy of reform : lessons from pensions, product markets and labour markets in ten OECD countries / by William Tompson ; in collaboration with Robert Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tompson, William.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Tompson, William.

Price, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pensions--OECD countries.

Pensions.

Manpower policy--OECD countries.

Manpower policy.

OECD countries--Economic policy.

OECD countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (501 p.)

Other Title:

French title on t.p. verso: Economie politique de la reforme : systemes de retraite et marches du travail et des produits dans dix pays de l'OCDE

L'economie politique de la reforme.

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : OECD, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report examines why some policy reforms get implemented and others languish by examining 20 structural reform efforts in 10 OECD countries over the past two decades. The case studies cover a wide variety of reform attempts in three key areas: pensions, labour- and product-market regulation. Key factors in the political, economic and reform-specific arenas are identified as helping or hindering reform, and these findings are cross-checked using a relatively simple set of Spearman rank correlations. The report’s two-pronged analytical approach – quantitative and qualitative – results in unique insights for policy makers designing, adopting and implementing structural policy reforms.

Contents:

pt. 1. Structural reform : learning from the past

pt. 2. Case studies in pension-system reform

pt. 3. Case studies in labour-market reform

pt. 4. Case studies in product-market reform.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-30462-3

9786612304620

92-64-07311-6

OCLC:

434746912