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Providing the right skills to all in China : from "made in China" to "created in China"
Molnár, Margit; Koen, Vincent - 2015
China has made impressive strides in education in recent decades, even though the accumulation of human capital has lagged behind that of physical capital. Going forward, access to and quality of education will be key to sustain economic convergence with the most advanced economies and to offset...
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Improving School-to-work Transitions in New Zealand
Bibbee, Alexandra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
The NZ labour market is among the most flexible in the OECD, and outcomes for its young people have been among the best. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also successful and innovative in many ways. Average PISA...
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Creation of cooperation conditions based on triple helix model: the case study of Białystok metropolis
Truskolaski, Tadeusz - In: Ekonomia i Prawo 12 (2013) 1, pp. 21-34
Urban innovation is a key problem on the way to the development of local communities and their prosperity. The principle of triple helix is used to implement local reforms. The proper functioning of cities requires the cooperation of all beneficiaries. Hence, proper coordination and the...
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Spatial externalities and growth in a Mankiw-Romer-Weil world : theory and evidence
Fischer, Manfred M. - In: International regional science review : IRSR ; an … 41 (2018) 1, pp. 45-61
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The Contribution of Schooling in Development Accounting: Results from a Nonparametric Upper Bound
Caselli, Francesco; Ciccone, Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
How much would output increase if underdeveloped economies were to increase their levels of schooling? We contribute to … generated by more schooling. The advantage of our approach is that the upper bound is valid for any number of schooling levels … forms of endogenous technology response to changes in schooling. We also quantify the upper bound for all economies with the …
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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes: Evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese twins
Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - In: Journal of Development Economics 104 (2013) C, pp. 245-260
development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …
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Cities and Green Growth: Case Study of the Paris/Ile-de-France Region
Kamal-Chaoui, Lamia; Plouin, Marissa - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2012
This report, developed within the framework of the OECD Green Cities programme, is a pilot case study examining the green growth potential of the Paris-IDF region. In a context of stiff international competition and internal socio-economic and environmental pressures, green growth could be an...
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Regional Issues, Banking Reform and Related Credit Risk in Russia
Astrov, Vasily - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2003
The last decade of the past century has been dominated by growing decentralization in Russia, both in economic and political terms. The major factors driving decentralization were the weakness of the federal government and of President Yeltsin, as well as the poor performance of the federal...
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Cities and Green Growth: A Conceptual Framework
Hammer, Stephen; Kamal-Chaoui, Lamia; Robert, Alexis; … - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2011
This report examines the current state of knowledge about green growth in cities and outlines the key research questions and protocols that will guide the OECD Green Cities programme. It builds the case for an urban green growth agenda by examining the economic and environmental conditions that...
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The Implementation of the Korean Green Growth Strategy in Urban Areas
Kamal-Chaoui, Lamia; Grazi, Fabio; Joo, Jongwan; … - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2011
This report on the Korean Strategy for Green Growth and its implementation in urban areas assesses the contributions of sub-national governments to Korea's National Strategy for Green Growth and identifies the main challenges for effective implementation at the local level. Korea's economy,...
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