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Skills and inclusive growth in Sweden
Pareliussen, Jon K.; Bussi, Margherita; André, Christophe - 2015
A highly skilled workforce is crucial to sustain competitiveness and contain the rise in income inequality. Recent surveys of adult skills and educational performance suggest that younger cohorts are doing less well than their predecessors. Many immigrants struggle both in school and in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399516
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Employment and skills in Finland
Pareliussen, Jon Kristian; André, Christophe; Chalaux, … - 2016
Employment fosters equity and economic inclusiveness because those out of work face the highest risk of poverty, and it … lower hurdles to employment, which are high for the low-skilled. Policies to speed up tertiary graduation, improve work … incentives and activation of the unemployed and postpone labour market exit are necessary to bring the employment rate closer to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577862
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Malaysia's economic success story and challenges
Koen, Vincent; Asada, Hidekatsu; Nixon, Stewart; … - 2017
Malaysia has sustained over four decades of rapid, inclusive growth, reducing its dependence on agriculture and commodity exports to become a more diversified, modern and open economy. GDP per capita is now higher than in a number of OECD economies, while poverty and income inequality have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700166