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Education policy and intergenerational transfers in equilibrium
Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Meghir, Costas; … - 2013
This paper compares partial and general equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote … education, labour supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Altruistic parents make inter vivos transfers to their children … of funding for college education. We find that the current financial aid system in the U.S. improves welfare, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009777700
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The Jobs Challenge in Poland: Policies to Raise Employment
Burns, Andrew; Kowalski, Przemyslaw - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
With almost 50 per cent of the working age population not working, improving labour market performance represents an essential and daunting challenge for Poland. While some of today’s joblessness is cyclical in nature, most of it appears to be structural. This paper argues that to increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046206
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Can hiring subsidies benefit the unemployed? : hiring subsidies can be a very cost-effective way of helping the unemployed, but only when they are carefully targeted
Brown, Alessio J. G. - 2015
Long-term unemployment can lead to skill attrition and have detrimental effects on future employment prospects, particularly following periods of economic crises when employment growth is slow and cannot accommodate high levels of unemployment. Addressing this problem requires the use of active...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432202
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Education Policy and Intergenerational Transfers in Equilibrium
Meghir, Costas; Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This paper compares partial and general equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote … education, labor supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Altruistic parents make inter vivos transfers to their children … of funding for college education. We find that the current financial aid system in the U.S. improves welfare, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607944
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Catastrophic Job Destruction
Carneiro, Anabela; Portugal, Pedro; Varejão, Jose - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2013
In this article we study the resilience of the Portuguese labor market, in terms of job flows, employment and wage developments, in the context of the current recession. We single out the huge contribution of job destruction, especially due to the closing of existing firms, to the dramatic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277047
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Catastrophic job Destruction during the Portuguese Economic Crisis
Carneiro, Anabela; Portugal, Pedro; Varejão, José - In: Journal of Macroeconomics 39 (2014) PB, pp. 444-457
In this article we study the resilience of the Portuguese labor market, in terms of job flows, employment and wage developments, in the context of the current recession. We single out the huge contribution of job destruction, especially due to the closing of existing firms, to the dramatic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010786713
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Skills, Schools, and Credit Constraints: Evidence from Massachusetts
Goodman, Joshua - In: Education Finance and Policy 5 (2010) January, pp. 36-53
target financial aid more efficiently. © 2009 American Education Finance Association …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010559564
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Raising Education Outcomes in Greece
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
scores are low, a large number of tertiary students study abroad, and attainment rates are low at all levels of education …. Resources devoted to education are also modest. Participation in early childhood education and care is particularly low …, influencing education outcomes in later years, the child care sector is poorly regulated and under–developed, and the separate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498042
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Enhancing Educational Performance in Australia
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
The Australian education system fares well in international comparison with regards to PISA test scores and the higher … education system attracts an increasing number of foreign students. Vocational education and training (VET) is an important part … of the post–secondary education system, equipping individuals with the skills to enter or re–enter the labour force and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045666
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Enhancing Portugal's Human Capital
Guichard, Stéphanie; Larre, Bénédicte - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
of education and training services in Portugal and shows that improvements are needed to narrow the significant human … in formal education, and they do not perform as well as children from other OECD countries. Adults, especially the least … resources devoted to education and training but from inefficiencies and misallocation of spending, and weaknesses in the quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046031