Structural Reforms in the EU ᾿Policy Prescriptions to Boost Productivity

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• 作者：Angana Banerji ; Era Dabla-Norris ; Minsuk Kim ; Aleksandra Zdzienicka…
• 刊名：Intereconomics
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：50
• 期：5
• 页码：240-273
• 全文大小：492 KB
• 作者单位：Angana Banerji (1)
  Era Dabla-Norris (2)
  Minsuk Kim (2)
  Aleksandra Zdzienicka (2)
  Werner Roeger (3)
  Janos Varga (3)
  Jan in ’t Veld (3)
  John Hassler (4) (5)
  Dan Andrews (6)
  
  1. European Department, International Monetary Fund, 700 19th Street NW, 20431, Washington DC, USA
  2. Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, International Monetary Fund, 700 19th Street NW, 20431, Washington DC, USA
  3. Communication Unit, European Commission - DG ECFIN, 1049, Brussels, Belgium
  4. Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
  5. Swedish Fiscal Policy Council, Stockholm, Sweden
  6. Economics Department, OECD, 2 rue Andre Pascal, Cedex 16, 75775, Paris, France
  
• 刊物主题：Economic Policy; European Integration; Social Policy; Labor Economics;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1613-964X

文摘

Productivity-enhancing structural reforms are crucial to the economic prospects of the EU. Indeed, such reforms are even more urgent in the current environment in which many economies are reaching the limits of the policy support they can provide to shore up demand. Moreover, even as some of the crisis-related effects fade, demographic headwinds loom, further strengthening the case for boosting productivity. The key question is how to identify, prioritise and calibrate the reforms that best suit each country’s situation. This Forum examines specific barriers to enhanced productivity within the EU and puts forth policy proposals to offset the secular slowdown apparent in advanced economies and take better advantage of the EU’s vast economic potential.