1 Relative GDP per capita 2000 PPPs, OECD = countries. Estimates for Source: OECD National Accounts.

2 Government consumption and investment Per cent of GDP, average

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4 The sources of real income differences, 2002 Source: OECD National Accounts of OECD Countries, 2004; OECD Labour Force Statistics, 2004 and OECD Economic Outlook, No. 76.

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6 Agricultural support is high Producer support estimate ISLJPNEU15USA

7 Participation rates by age and gender in OECD countries, 2003 Labour force participation of persons aged and is above the OECD average for men…. Men aged POL HUN BEL FIN AUS IRL USA ITA GBR OECD NOR ESP CAN PRT AUT EU-15 GRC SVK LUX SWE KOR NLD CZE NZL FRA DNK DEU MEX CHE ISL JPN TUR Men aged POL BEL LUX HUN ITA FRA AUT FIN EU-15 AUS GRC PRT IRL ESP CAN NLD DEU OECD SVK USA GBR CZE KOR NOR SWE NZL DNK MEX CHE ISL JPN TUR Men aged FRA HUN AUT LUX BEL POL CZE ITA FIN DEU NLD EU-15 TUR GRC ESP AUS DNK OECD CAN PRT GBR IRL USA NOR KOR SWE CHE NZL JPN MEX ISL SVK

8 Participation rates by age and gender in OECD countries, 2003 ……and even more impressive for women Women aged MEX ESP ITA GRC LUX IRL KOR BEL POL NLD EU-15 OECD PRT JPN HUN AUS AUT USA FRA GBR CAN DEU NZL CHE SVK NOR DNK CZE FIN SWE ISL TUR Women aged TUR BEL LUX ITA POL ESP GRC AUT MEX HUN IRL CZE NLD KOR EU-15 AUS PRT FRA OECD DEU JPN CAN GBR USA NZL CHE FIN NOR DNK SWE ISL SVK Women aged AUT BEL HUN LUX ITA FRA CZE POL NLD DEU ESP EU-15 TUR GRC MEX IRL FIN AUS GBR DNK OECD CAN PRT CHE JPN KOR NZL USA NOR SWE ISL SVK

9 The components of state control and barriers to entrepreneurship, 2003

10 Overall PMR and components

11 FDI restrictions in OECD countries, 1998/2000 Baseline FDI restrictions

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13 Educational attainment in OECD countries, 2002 Percentage of the population with upper secondary and tertiary education Source: OECD Education Database.

14 Student performance and spending per student Mexico Greece Portugal Italy Spain Germany Austria Ireland United States Norway Korea Czech republic Slovak republic Poland Hungary Finland Netherlands Canada Switzerland Iceland Denmark France Sweden Belgium Australia Japan R 2 = 0.28 Performance in mathematics Cumulative Expenditure (US$)

15 Expenditure on R&D in OECD countries 1 In per cent of GDP, Average of available data. Source: OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators.

16 Public expenditure Per cent of GDP

17 The extend of free choice of government financed services