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How Regulatory Reforms in Sweden have boosted Productivity
- Title
- How Regulatory Reforms in Sweden have boosted Productivity [electronic resource] / Espen Erlandsen and Jens Lundsgaard
- Author
- Erlandsen, Espen.
- Publication
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2007.
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Lundsgaard, Jens.
- Description
- 45 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- The economic crisis in the early 1990s prompted action on reforming the Swedish welfare state and its institutions, including deregulation of a wide range of product markets. In that way, Sweden took early action compared to other OECD countries currently struggling with how to make public finances more robust in an ageing context. The reforms that were implemented during the 1990s are now paying off in terms of productivity and GDP growth. Empirical evidence suggests that deregulation has delivered a considerable "productivity dividend". Although significant progress therefore has been made, renewed regulatory reform is needed to safeguard Sweden's ambitious public policy goals. Efforts should focus on improving enterprise formation and labour utilisation, as well as on providing better value for money in the public sector by raising its efficiency and delivering high quality services.
- Series Statement
- OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.577
- Uniform Title
- OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.577.
- Subject
- LCCN
- 10.1787/084244078600
- OCLC
- oecd-lib-000785
- Author
- Erlandsen, Espen.
- Title
- How Regulatory Reforms in Sweden have boosted Productivity [electronic resource] / Espen Erlandsen and Jens Lundsgaard
- Imprint
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2007.
- Series
- OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.577OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.577.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
- EconomicsSweden
- Added Author
- Lundsgaard, Jens.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 10.1787/084244078600 doi