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touching on education, the labour market and the business environment. Areas of particular weakness to be tackled include the … mis en place un important programme de réformes structurelles, concernant l’éducation, le marché du travail et l …
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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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expenditure on education, which is now among the highest in the OECD relative to GDP. Nonetheless, Iceland continues to have one … economic development. This is all the more unsatisfactory because spending per student in the compulsory education sector … satisfactory basic set of competencies, there is room for reducing the average duration of primary and secondary education, which …
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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...
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an income effect and their lump-sum character. Finally, female education, the general labour market conditions, and …
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and youths. In the case of women, labour supply has risen steadily over time for prime-age and older individuals, against …
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failed to significantly influence fertility rates and is relatively expensive to run. This paper looks at how to shift the … facilités de congé pour l’éducation des enfants. Cette politique ne se traduit pas seulement par un faible taux d’emploi ; elle …
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This paper uses data from the American Life Panel to understand the determinants of well-being in the United States during the Great Recession. It investigates how various dimensions of subjective wellbeing reflected in the OECD Better Life Framework impact subjective well-being. The results...
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among the longest in the OECD are also creating challenges for work-life balances, child education, personal care and …-level policies improving access to health care and early-childhood education, state-level initiatives favouring workplace flexibility … fédérales améliorant l’accès aux soins de santé et à l’éducation préscolaire, initiatives menées par les États en faveur de la …
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participation of females and older workers (which among other things will necessitate adjustments to the tax and education system …
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