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Preparing the tourism workforce in Portugal for the digital future
OECD - 2021
After a decade of steady growth, the tourism sector in Portugal is facing its most acute challenge in modern times, in … the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As inbound visitors return to Portugal, the tourism workforce will need digital skills …
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Education and Invention
Toivanen, Otto; Väänänen, Lotta - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Modern growth theory puts invention on the center stage. Inventions are created by individuals, raising the question: can we increase number of inventors? To answer this question, we study the causal effect of M.Sc. engineering education on invention, using data on U.S. patents’ Finnish...
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A Digital Financial Literacy Strategy for Portugal
OECD - 2023
The Digital Financial Literacy Strategy for Portugal sets out a long-term vision and objectives, supported by short …- and medium-term actions, for Banco de Portugal and other Portuguese stakeholders with an interest in improving digital … contribute to reducing digital financial exclusion. Overall, the Strategy is intended to support people living in Portugal to …
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The Evolution of the Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout this period, despite evidence of convergence, the racial gap in attainment between blacks and whites has been persistently determined by the initial gap. We obtain these results...
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The Tower of Babel in the Classroom: Immigrants and Natives in Italian Schools
Ballatore, Rosario Maria; Fort, Margherita; Ichino, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We exploit rules of class formation to identify the causal effect of increasing the number of immigrants in a classroom on natives test scores, keeping class size constant (Pure Composition Effect). We explain why this is a relevant policy parameter although it has been neglected so far. We show...
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Segregation in Education and Labour Market Discrimination: The Role of Peer Beliefs
Levy, Gilat; Razin, Ronny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
In this paper we examine the long term effects of socialization and segregation in schools, on labour market outcomes. We incorporate a model of “informational” peer influence by which beliefs of pupils are affected by exposure to other pupils’ posterior beliefs. Specifically, we focus on...
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The Role of Social Networks and Peer Effects in Education Transmission
Bervoets, Sebastian; Calvó-Armengol, Antoni; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We propose a dynastic model in which individuals are born in an educated or uneducated environment that they inherit from their parents. We study the role of social networks on the correlation in the parent-child educational status independent of any parent-child interaction. We show that the...
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Réseaux d'innovation : Vers de nouveaux modèles de gestion des écoles et des systèmes
2003
au Portugal avec la collaboration du Centre pour la recherche et l’innovation dans l’enseignement (CERI) de l’OCDE. Ce … nouveau volume de la collection L’école de demain vient compléter les précédents volumes consacrés à l’innovation, aux …
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OECD review of higher education, research and innovation : Portugal
OECD - 2019
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OECD Review of Higher Education, Research and Innovation: Portugal
OECD - 2019
, research and innovation system is well configured to help Portugal achieve its vision of inclusive innovation, and identify …Portugal aims to develop a more innovative, inclusive and productive economy, and to ensure that the ensuing benefits … are widely distributed, regionally and socially. This report assesses the extent to which Portugal’s higher education …
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