municipalities to estimate the impact of government spending on education and health outcomes. We deal with the multi … of education outcomes, but this is not the case for health, and that spending on non-education programmes are also at … cross-sectoral effects in service delivery: health (education) outcomes affect the population’s education (health) status …

An ambitious reform to increase efficiency of the Portuguese health care system was launched in 2002. In contrast to … health sector, making changes essentially irreversible. The reform has two main aims: to deliver better-quality public health … services than at present but at no higher cost; and to reduce the underlying growth rate of public health-care spending over …

educational outcomes between countries. There is some evidence that, after controlling for education spending and the overall … contribuer aux différences de résultats scolaires entre pays. En contrôlant pour le niveau de dépenses d’éducation et de …

responsive, high quality, vocational and higher education systems is indispensable to long-term growth. Raising the completion …

situations. Positive discrimination in education policies should be given a real priority and education spending rationalised to …

students. Unemployment is high and the school-to-job transition process does not work well. Spending on education and active … disadvantaged pupils. Developing work-based vocational education would also facilitate the transition from school to work. This …>Investir efficacement dans l´éducation et dans les politiques actives du marché du travail en Slovaquie<BR>En Slovaquie, les résultats …

intervention policies in reducing persistence of education outcomes across generations. There is also a positive association …, hence, persistence of education outcomes across generations.<P>Équité et compétences scolaires dans les pays de l …

Israel’s education system is complicated by multiple streams at the primary and secondary levels and by military … conscription. Population growth and economic expansion have brought a massive increase in demand for all levels of education … of compulsory education. As in other socio-economic spheres, there are significant gaps between Arab-Israelis and the …

Compulsory school education in Italy produces poor results in terms of 15-year olds’ performance on PISA tests … efficiency.<P>Améliorer l'école et l'égalité d'accès à l'éducation en Italie<BR>Par rapport aux autres pays de l'OCDE, les … résultats des tests PISA des élèves italiens de 15 ans sont médiocres, et ce, malgré des dépenses d’éducation relativement …

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 …