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Centrebased childcare is seen as a public investment to facilitate maternalemployment. Recent theoretical research proposes that such investmentspotentially lead to substantial gains in child development and thus to high returnsfor society as a whole. However, the empirical evidence is still...
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requirements demand. The major policy implication from our findings is that the unemployment problem is related to endogenous and … exogenous causes; therefore policy interventions for reducing unemployment should deal with these endogenous and exogenous … qualifications output and labour market requirements. Another major policy implication from our results on the significant positive …
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The choice of a university career has a major saying in the future earnings and career opportunities of the individuals. In turn, prospective university students make their decisions mainly motivated by expectations of future rewards. Hence, understanding career choices requires, first, to be...
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Student choice is at the center of many discussions about higher education policy. At the same time, and regardless of …
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interest from both academics and policy makers in understanding and influencing the process of education choice. Specifically … findings, some policy recommendations are put forward. …
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We examine the effects of endogenous offshoring on cost-efficiency, wages and unemployment in a task assignment model with skill heterogeneity. Exact conditions for the following insights are derived. The distributional effect of offshoring high- low-skill-intensive tasks is similar to...
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explicit efforts to address policy and institutional change, despite its innovation systems rhetoric. This severely restricted …
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This paper explores the use of complex adaptive systems theory in development policy analysis using a case study drawn … of which operate as an interlinked sub-system. The policy implications of this story suggest a policy agenda that …
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then uses this analysis to derive implications for public policy and its ongoing efforts to add value to research …
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Agrifood stakeholders across the world are under ever-increasing pressure with globalization and new market demands, together with changing quality and safety requirements. The ability to respond to new challenges and opportunities is important not just for producers but also for industries in...
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