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William Watson: Let's Stop Citing the OECD's 35-Year Growth Forecast

Summary by Financial Post
Conservatives should be wary of international organizations like the OECD bearing cross-country comparisons of stylized data.

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The social programs in Mexico, promoted by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, have become a pillar for millions of families, being a lifeguard for their finances and debt relief. However, they also generate distortions in the labor market and reduce the participation of certain age groups in formal employment. On July 7, President Claudia Sheinbaum stressed that, this year alone, her government will allocate around 836,000 million pesos to finance the…

To fulfill years, such a natural (and human) moment, in the labor market can mean the closing of the doors of employment, ageism in Mexico is a very marked phenomenon and that position the country as one of the economies of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) with the least active population in the world of work.According to the OECD Employment Perspectives 2025 report, Mexico is the fourth place within the agency wi…

The OECD projects that per capita GDP growth will fall to almost zero if productivity is not improved. It proposes to incorporate more older adults into the labour market and reduce the gender gap. Mexico has one of the lowest rates of female and elderly participation among OECD countries. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned that Mexico’s economic growth could be drastically slowed in the coming decades if lab…

Without changes in labour policies, Mexico will face an almost total stagnation in its GDP per capita over the next 35 years, the OECD warned on Wednesday. Although the country maintains low unemployment and wage growth, low productivity dynamism, high informality and underutilization of women and older adults in the labour market limit its economic potential. Without a significant improvement in productivity growth, per capita GDP growth would …

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