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How Has the Global Economic Crisis Affected People with Different Levels of Education ?

2012

With all the economic turmoil of the past several years, have you ever wished you could buy an insurance policy to protect against the effects of a global recession? Well, such an insurance policy already exists – and it’s called higher education. During the first two years of the global...

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How Are Countries Around the World Supporting Students in Higher Education?

2012

Few would dispute that having a higher education is more important than ever to help people build positive economic futures and strengthen the knowledge economies of countries. Yet as the second issue of the OECD’s new brief series Education Indicators in Focus explains, OECD countries have...

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How Does Class Size Vary Around the World?

OECD - 2012

In OECD countries, the average class size at the lower secondary level is 23 students, but there are significant differences between countries, ranging from over 32 in Japan and Korea to 19 or below in Estonia, Iceland, Luxembourg, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. Class size, together with...

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How Is the Global Talent Pool Changing?

OECD - 2012

of young higher education graduates changing around the world? According to the OECD’s latest analysis, not only has it …

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How is the global talent pool changing (2013, 2030)?

OECD - 2015

The number of tertiary educated young people (25-34 years old) in OECD and G20 countries has grown by nearly 45% in the past decade and is expected to keep growing until 2030. If current trends continue, the contribution of OECD countries to the global talent pool will keep shrinking through...

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How Are Girls Doing in School – and Women Doing in Employment – Around the World?

OECD - 2012

As the world celebrates the achievements of women this month, what can be said about the progress of girls and young … women in education, and of women in employment, throughout the world? As the third issue of the OECD's new brief series … education across the world, with an estimated 66% expected to enter university-level programmes at some point during their lives …

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How Pronounced Is Income Inequality Around the World - And How Can Education Help Reduce It?

OECD - 2012

Over the past three decades, the income gap between the rich and the poor has widened across most OECD countries. As the global economic crisis and the changing needs of the worldwide labour market threaten to increase inequality further, how can education help reduce it? As the fourth issue of...

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