municipalities to estimate the impact of government spending on education and health outcomes. We deal with the multi … of education outcomes, but this is not the case for health, and that spending on non-education programmes are also at … least as important. In addition, there appears to be scope for gains in economies of scale in the provision of education and …

impact on overall earnings inequality. As for tertiary education, the impact remains ambiguous as there are several …

human capital and productivity improvements.<P> While educational attainment is very high, the education system needs to be … education are unequally distributed. Adequate funding for education institutions is not assured everywhere while inefficiencies … Russie : Les compétences, l'éducation et l'innovation<BR>Le marché du travail en Russie est très flexible. Les entreprises s …

expenditure, however, has been on large capital-intensive projects rather than on education and other social spending. More … emphasis on education would help reduce the income gap, since human capital is a key determinant of income. Government policies …. Toutefois, les dépenses ont, pour l’essentiel, privilégié les grands projets à forte intensité de capital par rapport à l’éducation …

The Australian education system fares well in international comparison with regards to PISA test scores and the higher … education system attracts an increasing number of foreign students. Vocational education and training (VET) is an important part … of the post–secondary education system, equipping individuals with the skills to enter or re–enter the labour force and …

spend comparatively few years in formal education, and the quality of the education they receive is lower than in other OECD … countries. This paper discusses the performance of education services up to the upper secondary level. It assesses both the … efficiency (outcome for money invested) and the equity of the system and shows that the education system has to be improved …

An effective system of education and training is important for both social and economic reasons. Its role in the Polish … reallocation of resources as structural adjustment proceeds. Important reforms to decentralise primary and secondary education in … attention on quality control and the place of vocational education. Both are important in the tertiary sector, too, which has …

of education and training services in Portugal and shows that improvements are needed to narrow the significant human … in formal education, and they do not perform as well as children from other OECD countries. Adults, especially the least … resources devoted to education and training but from inefficiencies and misallocation of spending, and weaknesses in the quality …

expenditure on education, which is now among the highest in the OECD relative to GDP. Nonetheless, Iceland continues to have one … economic development. This is all the more unsatisfactory because spending per student in the compulsory education sector … satisfactory basic set of competencies, there is room for reducing the average duration of primary and secondary education, which …

through upper secondary education. That said, there are a number of areas in which improvements could be made. Though the …