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What determines adult cognitive skills? : influences of pre-school, school, and post-school experiences in Guatemala

Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John A.; … - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 23 (2014), pp. 1-32

Most empirical investigations of the effects of cognitive skills assume that they are produced by schooling. Drawing on longitudinal data to estimate production functions for adult verbal and nonverbal cognitive skills, we find that: (1) School attainment has a significant and substantial effect...

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Women's role in the Swiss economy

Dutu, Richard - 2014

Swiss women are now as well educated as their male counterparts. However, progress remains to be made in the job market where both the supply and price of female labour are below that of men. While the participation rate for women is high and rising, it is offset by a heavy incidence of...

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Benefitting from globalisation and technological change in Australia

Sila, Urban; Hemmings, Philip J. - 2019

policies; ii) education and skills; to ensure adequate skills for accessing good quality jobs; and iii) urban environments …

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Generating employment, raising incomes and addressing poverty in Greece

Bulman, Tim; Pisu, Mauro - 2018

education system is a long-term mission and involves raising its pedagogical strength and orientation towards professional needs …

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Making the labour market work better in Poland

Boulhol, Hervé - 2014

Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace. Despite long working hours, labour...

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Public spending in education and student's performance in Colombia

Heras Recuero, Laura; Olaberría, Eduardo - 2018

This paper investigates if higher public spending in education and better teacher qualifications are related to student … investment in public education and higher teacher qualifications can help increase average performance and reduce the impact that … variation in education performance in Colombia, a relatively high percentage when compared to those found by other studies …

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