The political economy of reform:lessons from pensions, product markets and labour markets in ten OECD countries

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tompson William.
Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Group Author: Price Robert W. R.
Published: OECD,
Publisher Address: Paris
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: 497 p.: ill. ; 27 cm.
Publication Frequency: Also available online.
ISBN: 9789264073067
926407306X
9789264073111
9264073116
Index Number: F116
CLC: F116
F112.2
Call Number: F116/T662
Contents: France; Italy; Mexico; Poland; United States; Germany; The Netherlands; Spain; Sweden; Australia.
Also available in French under the title: L'economie politique de la reforme : systemes de retraite et marches du travail et des produits dans dix pays de l'OCDE.
Includes bibliographical references.
Structural policy reform : learning from the past -- Case studies in pension-system reform -- Case studies in labour-market reform -- Case studies in product-market reform.
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: pensi