This report explores the ways in which urban policy sectors are integrated (or fragmented) in ten... more This report explores the ways in which urban policy sectors are integrated (or fragmented) in ten case study countries: China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. The analysis is based on the most recent and authoritative national-level policy documents.
This article discusses how urban agglomerations cities affect economic productivity. It uses ... more This article discusses how urban agglomerations cities affect economic productivity. It uses an internationally harmonized definition of cities that aims to capture the true extent of an urban agglomeration and is not limited by administrative city boundaries. It shows that labour productivity increases with city size. Among OECD metropolitan areas, agglomerations with more than 500,000 inhabitants, a 1 per cent population increase is associated with a 0.12 per cent increase in average labour productivity. Partly, this is explained by sorting as more productive workers tend to live in bigger cities. But bigger cities provide additional agglomeration economies to those working in them. Comparable workers are 0.02-0.05 per cent more productive in cities with a 1 per cent larger population. These differences compound to significant differentials, e.g. a similar worker in Madrid (6 million inhabitants) is, on average, nearly 15 per cent more productive than a worker in Toledo (1...
Pedestrians are vulnerable in traffic with frequently reported injuries and fatalities. These ris... more Pedestrians are vulnerable in traffic with frequently reported injuries and fatalities. These risks are believed to be correlated with socio-economic attributes such as age, income or education levels. For South Korea, we show that elderly pedestrians have a higher mortality risk than other road participants. On a municipal level, risk factors are high car ownership, an aging population and low population density, factors associated with rural areas. Risks can be mitigated through municipal financial self-sufficiency, a proxy for the ability to implement road safety measures. This suggests that road safety can be increased through municipal cooperation with the national government. 1 . Free University Amsterdam (economics@atadleradvisory.com) 2 . Head of Urban Programme, OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate (Rudiger.Ahrend@oecd.org) 3 . The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and its rep...
In den letzten Jahren sind der ökonomische Einfluss und die Bedeutung Chinas enorm gestiegen. Her... more In den letzten Jahren sind der ökonomische Einfluss und die Bedeutung Chinas enorm gestiegen. Hermann Remsperger, Deutsche Bundesbank, sieht in der stärkeren Integration Chinas in die Weltwirtschaft einen Gewinn, da der globale Wettbewerb zunimmt und dadurch die Produktivität weltweit gefördert wird. Allerdings sei das Land auch ein Mitverursacher von stark gewachsenen Ungleichgewichten. Berend Diekmann, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, bewertet
... Gazprom will not commit to long-term supplies at regulated prices. ... Underlying all of this... more ... Gazprom will not commit to long-term supplies at regulated prices. ... Underlying all of this regulation and rationing is the unsustainable under-pricing of natural gas, which constitutes a subsidy from the gas sector to the rest of the economy.39 While there is considerable ...
... network access and to be able to act to secure a remedy in a time-ly fashion; and the potenti... more ... network access and to be able to act to secure a remedy in a time-ly fashion; and the potential welfare losses arising 34 W. TOMPSON, R. AHREND. OECD ECONOMIC SURVEY OF THERUSSIAN FEDERATION, 2004: REFORMING THE DOMESTIC NATURAL GAS MARKET ...
This report explores the ways in which urban policy sectors are integrated (or fragmented) in ten... more This report explores the ways in which urban policy sectors are integrated (or fragmented) in ten case study countries: China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. The analysis is based on the most recent and authoritative national-level policy documents.
This article discusses how urban agglomerations cities affect economic productivity. It uses ... more This article discusses how urban agglomerations cities affect economic productivity. It uses an internationally harmonized definition of cities that aims to capture the true extent of an urban agglomeration and is not limited by administrative city boundaries. It shows that labour productivity increases with city size. Among OECD metropolitan areas, agglomerations with more than 500,000 inhabitants, a 1 per cent population increase is associated with a 0.12 per cent increase in average labour productivity. Partly, this is explained by sorting as more productive workers tend to live in bigger cities. But bigger cities provide additional agglomeration economies to those working in them. Comparable workers are 0.02-0.05 per cent more productive in cities with a 1 per cent larger population. These differences compound to significant differentials, e.g. a similar worker in Madrid (6 million inhabitants) is, on average, nearly 15 per cent more productive than a worker in Toledo (1...
Pedestrians are vulnerable in traffic with frequently reported injuries and fatalities. These ris... more Pedestrians are vulnerable in traffic with frequently reported injuries and fatalities. These risks are believed to be correlated with socio-economic attributes such as age, income or education levels. For South Korea, we show that elderly pedestrians have a higher mortality risk than other road participants. On a municipal level, risk factors are high car ownership, an aging population and low population density, factors associated with rural areas. Risks can be mitigated through municipal financial self-sufficiency, a proxy for the ability to implement road safety measures. This suggests that road safety can be increased through municipal cooperation with the national government. 1 . Free University Amsterdam (economics@atadleradvisory.com) 2 . Head of Urban Programme, OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate (Rudiger.Ahrend@oecd.org) 3 . The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and its rep...
In den letzten Jahren sind der ökonomische Einfluss und die Bedeutung Chinas enorm gestiegen. Her... more In den letzten Jahren sind der ökonomische Einfluss und die Bedeutung Chinas enorm gestiegen. Hermann Remsperger, Deutsche Bundesbank, sieht in der stärkeren Integration Chinas in die Weltwirtschaft einen Gewinn, da der globale Wettbewerb zunimmt und dadurch die Produktivität weltweit gefördert wird. Allerdings sei das Land auch ein Mitverursacher von stark gewachsenen Ungleichgewichten. Berend Diekmann, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, bewertet
... Gazprom will not commit to long-term supplies at regulated prices. ... Underlying all of this... more ... Gazprom will not commit to long-term supplies at regulated prices. ... Underlying all of this regulation and rationing is the unsustainable under-pricing of natural gas, which constitutes a subsidy from the gas sector to the rest of the economy.39 While there is considerable ...
... network access and to be able to act to secure a remedy in a time-ly fashion; and the potenti... more ... network access and to be able to act to secure a remedy in a time-ly fashion; and the potential welfare losses arising 34 W. TOMPSON, R. AHREND. OECD ECONOMIC SURVEY OF THERUSSIAN FEDERATION, 2004: REFORMING THE DOMESTIC NATURAL GAS MARKET ...
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