Institutions and performance in European labour markets: taking a fresh look at evidence

A Arpaia, G Mourre - Journal of Economic Surveys, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a selective survey of the recent literature on labour market institutions
and offers new empirical EU‐based evidence on the impact of labour market reforms on …

A Reexamination of the Political Economy of Growth in the MENA Countries

HS Esfahani - Contributions to Economic Analysis, 2006 - Elsevier
Since the 1980s, economic growth in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region has
been low and volatile. The problem has been attributed to bad economic policies such as …

[LIVRE][B] Structural reforms without prejudices

T Boeri, GB Navaretti - 2006 - books.google.com
Our economies face constant challenges from many different directions. Structural reforms
are implemented every day, either to grasp the benefits of globalization and technological …

The political economy of growth in Morocco

M Cherkaoui, DB Ali - The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper is an attempt to explain the relatively low performance of the Moroccan economy
during the last four decades using a political economy approach. In that period, the …

[LIVRE][B] The economic development process in the Middle East and North Africa

A Romagnoli, L Mengoni - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Offering a comprehensive analysis of the development of economies in the Middle East and
North Africa over the past half century, this book charts the progress of these countries …

[PDF][PDF] How to gain political support for reforms

M Castanheira, V Galasso, S Carcillo, G Nicoletti… - … , Oxford University Press …, 2006 - frdb.org
Public pension systems represent the most widespread welfare scheme, as well as one of
the most pervasive examples of public intervention in the capital and labour market, due to …

[LIVRE][B] Understanding Economic Development: A Global Transition from Poverty to Prosperity?

C White - 2009 - books.google.com
An invaluable survey of the literature on growth. Colin White argues persuasively and
expertly that any attempt to solve the profound mystery of economic growth at the large …

The political economy of development policy in Tunisia

MZ Bechri, S Naccache - Contributions to Economic Analysis, 2006 - Elsevier
During the last five decades Tunisia managed to achieve a robust long-run GDP growth of
about 5% per year, against 3.5% only, for the MENA region as a whole. However, Tunisia …

[PDF][PDF] The Impact of Economic Security Indices on Private Investment in Iran (1981-2000)

MR SharifAzadeh… - The Journal of …, 2003 - economic.mofidu.ac.ir
تأثيرپذيري سرمايه گذاري خصوصي در ايران از شاخصهاي Page 1 * ** GDP GDP GDP - * ** Page
2 Rjbarro W.Easterly R.levine Feddrke and Klitgard , 1998: PP. 455-456 NIEs Page 3 World …

Explaining slow economic growth and poor social development indicators: The case of Morocco

S Bergh - 2005 - repub.eur.nl
Drawing on elements of a political economy framework, this paper addresses two inter-
related questions with regard to economic growth and public expenditure patterns in …