OECD economic surveys : European Union 2014.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Series:

OECD Economic Surveys

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic surveys--European Union countries.

Economic surveys.

European Union--Economic conditions--20th century.

European Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (87 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Paris, France] : OECD Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

OECD's 2014 Economic Survey of the European Union examines recent economic developments, prospects and policies. A special chapter covers reinvigorating the EU single market.

Contents:

Table of contents; Basic statistics of the European Union, 2012; Executive summary; Main findings; Key recommendations; Assessment and recommendations; Figure 1. EuroBarometer; Fostering economic recovery; Figure 2. Banking and government risk measures; Figure 3. Bank deposits have bottomed out; Figure 4. Current account balances; Figure 5. Evolution of price competitiveness; Figure 6. Net international investment position and sovereign risk spread; Table 1. Macroeconomic indicators and projections; Growth in the European Union (EU) remains weak and non-inclusive

Figure 7. Low and uneven productivity growthFigure 8. Structural unemployment in the EU is high and growing; Figure 9. Inequality is increasing in some EU countries; Table 2. Long-term growth scenario; Figure 10. Rising old-age dependency ratio in EU27; The Europe 2020 strategy to boost growth; Figure 11. Change in responsiveness to Going for Growth recommendations from 2009-10 to 2011-12; Table 3. EU 2020 targets; Table 4. Going for Growth priorities for euro area countries - 2013; Stronger co-ordination, quantification of benefits and attention to inclusiveness can help implementation

Figure 12. Higher tax wedge on labour is correlated with less working activityTable 5. The effect of "ten per cent" reform on GDP per capita; Figure 13. Well-being outcomes; Reducing regulatory burdens can strengthen productivity; Figure 14. Generation of legal acts; EU Cohesion Policy can support EU 2020 targets and the recovery; Developing the knowledge-based economy can boost productivity; Figure 15. Graduation rates in tertiary education; Figure 16. Business outlays for research and development (R&D) and patents per capita

Figure 17. Investment in knowledge-based capital (KBC) and selected public policiesRecommendations to boost growth, employment and innovation; Reinvigorating the Single Market to boost growth and employment; Internal barriers still impede the Single Market; Figure 18. Trade between EU member states; Figure 19. Productivity is higher in large firms; Figure 20. Employment protection is relatively high in the EU; Figure 21. Restrictiveness of economy-wide product market regulation; Figure 22. Barriers in services show little change between 2008 and 2013 in the EU

The digital economy is opening up new opportunities for the Single MarketThe Single Market can be strengthened with openness to the rest of the world; Recommendations to reinvigorate the Single Market; Towards a low carbon economy; Combatting climate change; Figure 23. The EU emission allowances price has collapsed; Figure 24. Expected demand and supply of emission allowances; Figure 25. Effective carbon prices in selected countries; Figure 26. Diesel and petrol prices adjusted for externalities; Investing in electricity grids and interconnections; Figure 27. Electricity prices for industry

Aligning the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with environmental goals

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 5, 2014).

ISBN:

9789264219540

9264219544

9789264206816

9264206817