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Providing the right skills to all in China : from "made in China" to "created in China"

Molnár, Margit; Koen, Vincent - 2015

, the quality of most patents is still low and innovation output is weak. Reforms are underway to address these problems but … knowledge economy. Among the priorities are more and better oriented funding of education, giving greater opportunities to … nurturing research and innovation. This Working Paper relates to the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of China www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-china.htm …

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Social Norms and Gendered Occupational Choices of Men and Women: Time to Turn the Tide?

Palffy, Patricia; Lehnert, Patrick; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2022

We analyze the relationship between social gender norms and adolescents' occupational choices by combining regional votes on constitutional amendments on gender equality with job application data from a large job board for apprenticeships. Results show that adolescent males in regions with...

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The Native-Migrant Gap in the Progression into and through Upper-Secondary Education

Wolter, Stefan C.; Zumbühl, Maria - 2017

In this paper we follow the students that took the PISA 2012 test in Switzerland and analyze their transition into and progress in uppersecondary education. We observe a substantive difference in the rate of progress between natives and students with a migration background. One year after...

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Talking about the pigou paradox: Socio-educational background and educational outcomes of AlmaLaurea

Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Pastore, Francesco - 2011

Italy has an immobile social structure. At the heart of this immobility is the educational system, with its high direct, but especially indirect cost, due to the extremely long time necessary to get a degree and to complete the subsequent school-to-work transition. Such cost prevents the...

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Thailand's education system and skills imbalances : assessment and policy recommendations

Vandeweyer, Marieke; Espinoza, Ricardo; Reznikova, Laura; … - 2020

In light of population ageing, globalisation, automation, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand’s labour market is being significantly reshaped, and so are the skills required for higher employability. This paper analyses the capacity of Thailand’s education and training system...

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The nexus between labor diversity and firm's innovation

Parrotta, Pierpaolo; Pozzoli, Dario; Pytlikova, Mariola - 2012

In this paper we investigate the nexus between firm labor diversity and innovation using a linked employer … and demographic characteristics to valuable firm's innovation activity. The latter is measured by: (1) the firm … firm's innovation outcomes. …

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Boosting productivity in Russia : skills, education and innovation

Demmou, Lilas; Wörgötter, Andreas - 2015

persist. Private spending on innovation is very low and Russia underperforms in terms of scientific outputs and patents …. Support for low-tech innovation and technology adoption, especially among SMEs is narrow because of a bias towards large and …

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Public spending in education and student's performance in Colombia

Heras Recuero, Laura; Olaberría, Eduardo - 2018

This paper investigates if higher public spending in education and better teacher qualifications are related to student’s performance, using data from Saber 11, a national standardized test conducted by Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la Educación. The estimation exploits...

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Do Parental Networks Pay Off? Linking Children's Labor-Market Outcomes to their Parents' Friends

Plug, Erik; van der Klaauw, Bas; Ziegler, Lennart - 2015

This paper examines whether children are better off if their parents have stronger social networks. Using data on high-school friendships of parents, we analyze whether the number and characteristics of friends affect the labor-market outcomes of children. While parental friendships formed in...

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Remittances and Occupational Outcomes of the Household Members Left-Behind

Piracha, Matloob; Randazzo, Teresa; Vadean, Florin - 2013

This paper analyses the role of remittances and migration on the occupational outcomes of the household members left behind in Tajikistan. Using the control function approach, we show that, contrary to some existing evidence, there is no "dependency" effect of remittances. Our results show that...

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