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over inequality. It documents how concern over income disparities has risen in OECD countries over the long run. Nowadays … intergenerational mobility is low. Yet, sufficient support for inequality-reducing policies may fail to arise if people do not agree on … are often divided as to the extent of inequality and what should be done to address this challenge. The report illustrates …
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This report examines mobility policies with a focus on evaluating their capacity to address transport-related exclusion of lower- income groups.There is significant evidence across countries that lower-income populations tend to suffer more from restricted transport options, have lower quality...
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The current economic environment, the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing megatrends, such as digitalisation and the green transformation, threaten equality of opportunity and social mobility for current and future generations. High-quality cross-country evidence is necessary to implement policies to...
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This report explores how school-level career guidance systems can more effectively respond to social inequalities. It draws on new analysis of PISA and PIAAC data and builds on the OECD Career Readiness Indicators to review the impact of inequalities related primarily to socio-economic...
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Young people from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds face additional barriers as they seek to convert their qualifications and experience into successful employment. They encounter particular challenges in seeking to enter high status jobs. The barriers they face can be productively...
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This book is based on an exceptional event in December 2000 which brought together civil society from the poor countries and OECD experts. It emerges that globalisation can have a positive impact in poor countries, but only if policies encouraging a more equitable distribution of human and...
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This publication is based on an exceptional event which brought together civil society from the poor countries and OECD experts. The first-hand expertise of civil society is a priceless asset for understanding the everyday effects of economic change
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describes inequalities in a range of domains (such as household wealth, consumption patterns, in-kind public services) that are …. The report provides evidence of a fairly generalised increase in income inequality over the past two decades across the … how much inequality there is in a society is not determined randomly, nor is it beyond the power of governments to change …
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while lower income households have been left behind. This long-run increase in income inequality not only raises social and …
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