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How much might human capital policies affect earnings inequalities and poverty?
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Estudios de Economia 38, 1 Year 2011, pp. 8-41
Economic inequality and poverty have persisted in Latin America despite important changes in political and policy regimes. This paper explores the relationship between various human capital programs aimed to reduced poverty and how improvements of those in poverty in the left tail of the earning...
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Human Capital and Productivity in British Columbia
Murray, Alexander; Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2011
This report provides an assessment of human capital development in British Columbia. The province's performance is above average according to the majority of the indicators we analyze, relative to both the rest of Canada and other OECD countries. However, this does not mean that there is no room...
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Talking about the Pigou Paradox: Socio-Educational Background and Educational Outcomes of AlmaLaurea
Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Italy has an immobile social structure. At the heart of this immobility is the educational system, with its high direct, but especially indirect cost, due to the extremely long time necessary to get a degree and to complete the subsequent school-to-work transition. Such cost prevents the...
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Employability of graduates and development of competencies: mind the gap and mind the step! Empirical evidence for Italy
Leoni, Riccardo - Dipartimento di Scienze Aziendali, Economiche e Metodi … - 2011
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Rise to the Challenge or Not Give a Damn: Differential Performance in High vs. Low Stakes Tests
Attali, Yigal; Neeman, Zvika; Schlosser, Analia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper studies how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing performance in the GRE examination in "high" and "low" stakes situations. The high stakes situation is the real GRE examination and the low stakes situation is a voluntary experimental section of the GRE that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021634
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Inequality during the Early Years: Child Outcomes and Readiness to Learn in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States
Bradbury, Bruce; Corak, Miles; Waldfogel, Jane; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child outcomes related to readiness to learn, focusing on...
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Is information and communication technology (ICT) the right strategy for growth in Mexico?
Caudillo Sanchez, Francisco - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2006
Although empirical evidence available suggests that information and communication technologies (ICT) have positively contributed to important sectors of the Mexican economy, it is still unknown to which extent ICT have truly contributed to productivity among these sectors. The increasing...
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Working Smarter: Education and Productivity
Sweetman, Arthur - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
Skills, innovation and human capital as they feature prominently on the policy agenda of industrialized countries …
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Knowledge, Capabilities and Human Capital Formation in Economic Growth
David, Paul A - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2000
scientific and technological knowledge, the cognitive basis of entrepreneurship, and the competences for managing market and non … knowledge-base needed for their peoples' well-being and their firms' competitive success in international markets. Nor does the … information infrastructure investments in order to reduce the costs of effective access to global knowledge bases in science and …
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Understanding Productivity and Income Differentials Among OECD Countries: A Survey
Ark, Bart van - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
Productivity and income growth rates and differentials vary widely among OECD countries. In this chapter, Bart van Ark develops a framework for the understanding of these productivity and income differences. The framework breaks GDP per capita into two basic drivers: labour supply and labour...
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