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more advantaged families. Many countries have tried to reduce this inequality through publicly provided preschool. Evidence … on the potential of these programs to reduce inequality in child development is now quite strong. Long-term studies of …
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contribute to declining social mobility and further exacerbate rising inequality, which raises the question of how policymakers …
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Even in OECD countries, where an increasing proportion of the workforce has a university degree, the value of basic skills in literacy and numeracy remains high. Indeed, in some countries the return for such skills, in the form of higher wages, is sufficiently large to suggest that they are in...
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Developing countries often face two well-known structural problems: high youth unemployment and high inequality. In … gainful employment and reduce inequality: is it primary, secondary, or tertiary education? Investigating recent literature on …
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student educational outcomes without exacerbating inequality therefore offer a promising basis for education policies. …
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Even in OECD countries, where an increasing proportion of the workforce has a university degree, the value of basic skills in literacy and numeracy remains high. Indeed, in some countries the return for such skills, in the form of higher wages, is sufficiently large to suggest that they are in...
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contracts and low-income independent contractors, which together fueled earnings inequality. …
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groups has increased due to growth in labor income; however, inequality between households has increased. …
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(less than a week) and low-income independent contractors, which together have fueled earnings inequality. …
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Policymakers in many OECD countries are increasingly concerned about high and rising inequality. Much of the evidence … (as far back as Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations) points to the importance of skills in tackling wage inequality. Yet a … inequality. Does this challenge the received wisdom on the relationship between skills and wage inequality? No, because this …
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