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The market is a place where people behave quite relentlessly. If one person is selling a particular commodity at a higher price than others, no one will buy that commodity from him, however virtuous or merciful he is known to be. Of course, the actual world does not always work exactly in this...
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returns to education are not significantly reduced by this omission bias but there is evidence of substantial returns to the … children from low SES groups. The implications of these results for education are developed. Parental attitudes are much more …
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collapse of the youth employment market, massive decline in availability of apprenticeships; • Increased retention of young …
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England's most widely used indicator of young people's education and labour market status is the NEET category - 'not … in education, employment or training'. Making comparisons with how France and Germany measure school leavers' progression …
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Hilary Steedman finds that the provision of apprenticeships in the UK lags behind other countries …
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What institutions and policies are needed to sustain UK economic growth in the dynamic world economy of the twentyfirst century? After years of inadequate investment in skills, infrastructure and innovation, there are longstanding structural weaknesses in the economy, all rooted in a failure to...
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Network is a group of senior business leaders committed to the expansion and development of Apprenticeships. In an earlier … Research, 2008) we set out the business case for Apprenticeships. That proved to be an effective medium for communicating the … Apprenticeships in a number of other countries, with a particular focus on employer participation and involvement. Apprenticeships in …
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education in the selection of economic immigrants is creating an imbalance between the supply of both first and second …
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This paper analyzes the urban impacts of hybrid WFH in the simplest possible model, relying on Leontief utility and production functions and other simplifying assumptions. The analysis shows that introduction of WFH raises both the wage and land consumption of households while shrinking the size...
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