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educational outcomes between countries. There is some evidence that, after controlling for education spending and the overall … contribuer aux différences de résultats scolaires entre pays. En contrôlant pour le niveau de dépenses d’éducation et de …
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situations. Positive discrimination in education policies should be given a real priority and education spending rationalised to …
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Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards … pervasive informal sector and a wide wage dispersion reflecting a large education premium for those with higher education …. Reducing income inequality is a key government objective and this requires improving the performance of the labour market …
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Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards …. While most of the inequality originates from the labour market, wealth – and thus capital income – is also highly … small and dominated by non-redistributive schemes such as contributory pensions. Education coverage has increased steadily …
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Luxembourg is a rich and fast-growing country. However, inequality of disposable incomes has trended up modestly over … inequality of market incomes is substantially reduced by large social transfers, but the risk of relative poverty still affects … tackle poverty traps would both reduce inequality and improve the labour supply of residents. Strong activation policies are …
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sustain growth in the face of rapid population ageing. The government should step up investment in early childhood education … institutions. Upgrading tertiary education, in part through stronger competition and internationalisation, is also important to … combined, are needed. The large share of private education spending, which accounts for one-third of the total, places heavy …
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Overall, the education system fares well by international comparison. Slovenia has one of the highest shares of the … population aged 25 to 64 to have completed at least upper secondary education, and ranks high in international educational … of the education system. Low enrolment rates in short vocational education programmes and in certain higher education …
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Despite significant increases in spending on child care and education during the last decade, PISA scores suggest that …. Insufficient supply of high-quality vocational programmes and tertiary education study places hamper human capital formation and … growth. Stabilising and simplifying vocational education by more focus on high quality apprenticeships would support …
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. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also … the nature of skills supplied by the education sector and the skills demanded by employers. A greater role for youth … persistance intergénérationnelle des résultats en matière d’éducation et d’emploi ressort comme étant très élevée. D’un point de …
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The rapid expansion of education in Korea is exceptional and has played a key role in its economic development …. Sustaining Korea’s growth potential in the face of demographic headwinds requires further improving the education system to boost … productivity growth. One priority is to upgrade early childhood education and care (ECEC). Korea also needs to address the …
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