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Performance Indicators for Public Spending Efficiency in Primary and Secondary Education

Sutherland, Douglas; Price, Robert W.R.; Joumard, Isabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

This paper assesses the potential to raise public spending efficiency in the primary and secondary education sector …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045647

Performance Indicators for Public Spending Efficiency in Primary and Secondary Education

Sutherland, Douglas; Price, Robert W.; Joumard, Isabelle; … - 2007

This paper assesses the potential to raise public spending efficiency in the primary and secondary education sector …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445903

Linkages Between Performance and Institutions in the Primary and Secondary Education Sector

Sutherland, Douglas; Price, Robert W.R. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

The efficiency of schools diverges dramatically across countries in the OECD and can also vary markedly within … countries. These differences in levels of efficiency can be traced to policy and institutional settings. As such, moving to best … relationship between institutional and policy settings and the efficiency of public spending on primary and secondary education …

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Poland's Education and Training: Boosting and Adapting Human Capital

O'Brien, Paul; Paczynski, Wojciech - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

An effective system of education and training is important for both social and economic reasons. Its role in the Polish economy is to provide the current and future labour force with skills to facilitate both continuing productivity growth and reallocation of resources as structural adjustment...

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Israeli Education Policy: How to Move Ahead in Reform

Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

Israel’s education system is complicated by multiple streams at the primary and secondary levels and by military conscription. Population growth and economic expansion have brought a massive increase in demand for all levels of education. Educational attainment statistics are impressive, but...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552862

Improving Access and Quality in the Indian Education System

Hill, Sam; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

Education has been given high priority by India’s central and state governments and continues to grow fast. School access has been expanded by investment in school infrastructure and recruitment of teachers. In higher education too, the number of providers continues to rise rapidly. A new law...

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Do the Average Level and Dispersion of Socio-Economic Background Measures Explain France's Gap in PISA Scores?

Boulhol, Hervé; Sicari, Patrizio - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

OECD’s PISA publications highlight the impact of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) on students’ results within countries. The focus here is to investigate whether ESCS measures could contribute to differences in aggregate educational outcomes between countries. There is some...

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Improving the Economic Situation of Young People in France

Boulhol, Hervé - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

The economic situation of young people is unsatisfactory. Educational inequalities have been widening for over a decade, due to a sharp decline in the results of the most highly disadvantaged students. The unemployment rate for the 20-24 age bracket has not dropped below 16% for nearly 30 years....

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Investing Efficiently in Education and Active Labour Market Policies in Slovakia

Klein, Caroline - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

the least be protected from budgetary cuts while every opportunity for efficiency gains should be seized. Not least …

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Improving School-to-work Transitions in New Zealand

Bibbee, Alexandra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

The NZ labour market is among the most flexible in the OECD, and outcomes for its young people have been among the best. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also successful and innovative in many ways. Average PISA...

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