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Improving well-being in New Zealand through migration

Carey, David - 2019

New Zealand’s immigration system aims to enhance well-being by promoting economic development, reuniting families and … meeting humanitarian objectives. Immigration is high and residence admissions are focused on the high skilled to enhance … economic outcomes. Empirical evidence suggests that immigration has had small positive effects on per capita incomes and has …

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Better harnessing talent and knowledge to boost sustainable medium-term growth in Spain

Haugh, David; Westmore, Ben - 2014

Structural transformation towards a more knowledge-based economy will strengthen Spain’s medium-term growth prospects. To deal with long standing impediments to higher growth the government has a substantial structural reform programme touching on education, the labour market and the business...

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Making the most of skills in Denmark

Jamet, Stéphanie; Koen, Vincent - 2014

Surveys suggest that Denmark ranks close to or slightly above the OECD average in terms of student and adult skills, even though Denmark spends more than many OECD countries on education, labour market policies and adult learning. Sluggish productivity growth over the past two decades raises the...

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Making better use of skills and migration in Poland

Brandt, Nicola - 2016

To continue catching up with living standards in other OECD countries Poland needs to invest in higher skills. Crucial elements include: i) making sure that all children have access to high-quality early childhood education; ii) strengthening the basic skills of vocational education students and...

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Improving the labour market integration of immigrants in Belgium

Pina, Álvaro Manuel; Corluy, Vincent; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2015

. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring …

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Spurring growth in lagging regions in Slovak Republic

Demmou, Lilas; Haluš, Martin; Machlica, Gabriel; … - 2015

Regional inequality in Slovakia is among the highest in the OECD and is increasing. The main reason for regional disparity is the combination of low economic growth and job creation in the eastern and central part of the country and insufficient labour mobility to the west, in particular by...

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Reinvigorating the EU single market

Fournier, Jean-Marc - 2014

removing barriers to external trade would bring substantial growth and employment gains by enhancing resource allocation in …

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Skills mismatch, productivity and policies : evidence from the second wave of PIAAC

McGowan, Muge Adalet; Andrews, Dan - 2017

This paper extends earlier OECD work exploring the link between skills mismatch, productivity and policies to include the countries in the second wave of OECD Survey of Adult Skills, with a special focus on New Zealand. We find that the percentage of workers who are mismatched in terms of skills...

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Realising regional potentials through better market integration in China

Molnár, Margit - 2019

China’s regions have been experiencing impressive growth over the past decades, but their potentials could be better exploited by creating a single product and labour market. Local protectionism increases transaction costs and hinders competition, thereby taking a toll on productivity....

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Improving skills and their use in Germany

Fuentes, Andrés; Lehmann, Stephanie; Kim, Eun Jung - 2018

Cognitive skills, such as reading and numeric skills, are key determinants of wages, employment and long-term economic …

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