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Gross earning inequalities in OECD countries and major non-member economies : determinants and future scenarios
Braconier, Henrik; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer - 2014
Income and earning inequality has been on the rise in most of the OECD and in many emerging economies since the 1980s. This paper estimates a model of earnings inequality across OECD countries that incorporates determinants of relative demand and supply of more and less-skilled labour. Drawing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465013
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The drivers of labour income inequality : a literature review
Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Koske, Isabell - 2012
Despite a general trend of increasing labour income inequality, there have been differences in the timing, intensity and even direction of these changes across OECD countries. These stylized facts have led to numerous studies about the main determinants of labour income inequality and, as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690322
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Knowledge and innovation in business and industry : the importance of using others
Håkansson, Håkan (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003483218
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Innovating schools
Centre pour la Recherche et l'Innovation dans l'Enseignement - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014274024
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Networks of innovation : towards new models for managing schools and systems
2003
: to what extent can they replace cumbersome bureaucracies as forms of management and as sources of innovation and … seminars held in Hungary, the Netherlands and Portugal, organized with the OECD's Centre for Educational Research and … Innovation. They were concerned with the "how?" and not just the "what?" and "why?" of changing schools for the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014007775
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Determinants of tertiary graduations
Braconier, Henrik - 2015
This paper proposes and estimates a model of demand for and supply of graduations in tertiary education, which is then used to construct forward-looking scenarios for graduation rates by country. Consistent with evidence that economic returns to education have remained high in spite of rising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392823
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Labour market mismatch and labour productivity : evidence from PIAAC data
McGowan, Muge Adalet; Andrews, Dan - 2015
This paper explores the link between skill and qualification mismatch and labour productivity using cross-country industry data for 19 OECD countries. Utilising mismatch indicators aggregated from micro-data sourced from the recent OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the main results suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399323
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Skill mismatch and public policy in OECD countries
McGowan, Muge Adalet; Andrews, Dan - 2015
This paper explores the relationship between skill mismatch and public policies using micro data for 22 OECD countries from the recent OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC). Results suggest that differences in skill mismatch across countries are related to differences in public policies. After...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399340
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A new measure of skills mismatch : theory and evidence from the survey of adult skills (PIAAC)
Pellizzari, Michele; Fichen, Anne - 2013
This paper proposes a new measure of skills mismatch that combines information about skill proficiency, self-reported mismatch and skill use. The theoretical foundations underling this measure allow identifying minimum and maximum skill requirements for each occupation and to classify workers...
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