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This paper examines the relation between measures of the within-country inequality of student scores on international … average test scores are higher in countries with lower inequality in scores – a virtuous efficiency-equity relation in test …
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The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational inequalities in cancer survival. We investigate to what...
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This chapter explores the effects of education on nonmarket outcomes from both theoretical and empirical perspectives …-being reflected by their health and cognitive development. They are distinguished from the labor market outcomes of education in terms … of higher earnings and wage rates. The focus is on identifying causal effects of education and on mechanisms via which …
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dimension and, in education, integrates the investigative dimension as a part of the process of developing active subjects in …
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greater inequality. To investigate this we construct a dynamic model of intergenerational education acquisition, fertility …'s (1997) finding of a basically insignificant effect of marital sorting on inequality, we find that increased marital sorting … will significantly increase income inequality. Three factors are central to our findings: a negative correlation between …
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services sectors. By putting in place the right fundamentals, such as a well-designed and inclusive education system, efficient … inequality. Moreover, it will set Indonesia up for the next phase of innovation-driven growth that will propel it into the ranks …
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While an increasing number of conceptual studies postulate that vocational education and training (VET) activities have …
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better educational outcomes: quality pre-primary education, quality teaching, accountability and autonomy of teaching … institutions, comprehensive lower secondary education and availability of individual financing for the pursuit of higher education. …
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background, lack solid core skills and competences that weakens the skills-base. Vocational and tertiary education do not always … ensure that tertiary education provides the right skills. Beyond education, effective re-skilling and up-skilling programmes …
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between education institutions and employment, iii) providing training opportunities during working life, and iv) making …
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