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Human capital investment : an international comparison
Healy, Tom (contributor) - 1998
and Measurement of Human Capital. - 2. Measuring the Stock of Human Capital. - 3. Investment in Human Capital. - 4 …. Returns to Investment in Human Capital. - 5. Improving the Knowledge Base: Indicators, Data and Research Needs. - 6. Human …
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Who really bears the cost of education? : How the burden of education expenditure shifts from the public to the private sector
OECD - 2017
Despite the obvious benefits derived from education, governments face difficult trade-offs when balancing the share of public and private contributions to education. Understanding how private expenditure is sourced, through public transfers or through private funds, can make a difference in...
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Education and working life
1977
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Financing education - investments and returns
2003
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Understanding the Social Outcomes of Learning
Schuller, Tom (contributor); Desjardins, Richard (contributor) - 2007
Education is vital for economic success, both at the national and the individual level. But education also has significant social effects. This report is OECD’s first attempt to gather and synthesise developments in measuring these social effects. The report focuses on two broad areas: health,...
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Regional Competitiveness and Skills
1997
Human resources, training, qualifications and skills play an essential part in the development of regional economies. The notion of "learning" regions which has now become self-evident has yet to be translated into practice: but under which conditions and what are the priorities? This...
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Human Capital Investment : An international Comparison
1998
Investment in human capital is to the fore of debate and analysis in OECD countries about how to promote economic … levels of knowledge, skills and competencies are essential to their future security and success. Investment in skills and … develop an initial set of indicators of human capital investment based on existing data, analyse areas where significant gaps …
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Investing in the skills of adult immigrants
OECD - 2019
Lifelong learning is especially important for immigrants, who are often at a disadvantage in terms of the languages and skills that are valued in the labour market of their host country. Yet foreign-born adults are less likely to participate in training than native-born ones, and face higher...
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Indicators on human capital investment : a feasibility study
1996
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