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Armenia Skills toward Employment and Productivity : Survey Findings (Urban Areas)
Valerio, Alexandria - 2015
Governments around the world assign top priority to job creation and productivity growth. Developing the right skills …. The significant presence of informality in non-agricultural sectors is another factor that contributes to the low-productivity … the newly available data from the World Bank's Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP) household and employer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644856
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Demand for Skills in Albania : An Analysis of the Skills Towards Employment and Productivity Survey
World Bank Group - 2018
This report aims to provide policy makers in Albania with new evidence to inform the design and implementation of public policies on post-secondary education, vocational education and training (VET) system labor market information and intermediation, and labor policies. The STEP Employer Survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645381
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Kosovo Country Report : Findings from the Skills towards Employment and Productivity Survey
World Bank Group - 2019
Towards Employment and Productivity (STEP) initiative of the World Bank has developed household-level and firm-based surveys …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646113
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On-the-Job Training : Returns, Barriers to Provision, and Policy Implications
Saraf, Priyam - 2017
Firms that provide on-the-job training do so when it is critical to their productivity-and when productivity is … and productivity, as well as the presence of positive externalities from on-the-job training, while discussing the … complementary productivity-enhancing activities within the firm. The literature suggests that for most firms, a comprehensive policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246025
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The Misallocation of Pay and Productivity in the Public Sector : Evidence from the Labor Market for Teachers
Bau, Natalie - 2017
between pay and productivity in the public sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246172
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Stepping Up Skills for More Jobs and Higher Productivity
World Bank - 2010
This report presents a framework - Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP), that provides a simple yet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247285
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The changing pattern of returns to education : what impact will this have on inequality?
Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2019
The pattern of economic rates of return to investments in education can help us to understand the benefits of schooling. It was common knowledge that the returns to education were highest for the primary level of education and lower for subsequent levels. Recent evidence suggests that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051818
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The lost human capital : teacher knowledge and student achievement in Africa
Bold, Tessa; Filmer, Deon; Molina, Ezequiel; Svensson, Jakob - 2019
In many low-income countries, teachers do not master the subject they are teaching, and children learn little while attending school. Using unique data from nationally representative surveys of schools in seven Sub-Saharan African countries, this paper proposes a methodology to assess the effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022369
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The apprenticeship-to-work transition : experimental evidence from Ghana
Hardy, Morgan; Mbiti, Isaac M.; McCasland, Jamie; … - 2019
This paper examines the effects of a government-sponsored apprenticeship training program designed to address high levels of youth unemployment in Ghana. The study exploits randomized access to the program to examine the short-run effects of apprenticeship training on labor market outcomes. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022375
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The short-term impact of inter-community volunteering activities and soft skills training on self-reported social cohesion values : quasi-experimental evidence from Lebanon
Alaref, Jumana; Solano, Rene Leon; Asenjo, Carlos; … - 2019
Despite its growing popularity, evidence that volunteering enhances civic values and social cohesion among different communities remains limited in developing countries. This study presents novel evidence from Lebanon on the impact of offering a volunteering program that consisted of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002686