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Family effects on an individual's labor market success have been studied by economists and sociologists. The consensus is that background matters to educational and labor market performance, but it is not clear how and why. I look at indicators of family background and sibling structure,...
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. The first method is a so-called natural experiment where the Finnish comprehensive school reform (implemented in the 1970 … changes to the old comprehensive school system, the reform increased minimum school leaving age from 12 to 15 years. Enforcing … of education on wages is minor compared to the human capital effect. I conclude that even though the comprehensive school …
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This report describes how Finland succeeds in international comparisons of investments into and outcomes from education. OECD publications (Education at a Glance, PISA, IALS) are the main sources of this report. All levels of the education system, from pre-primary education to the second stage...
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. The first method is a so-called natural experiment where the Finnish comprehensive school reform (implemented in the 1970 … changes to the old comprehensive school system, the reform increased minimum school leaving age from 12 to 15 years. Enforcing … of education on wages is minor compared to the human capital effect. I conclude that even though the comprehensive school …
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In Finland, universities have the explicit mandate to support the transformation of high-quality knowledge into profitable business, as well as to promote the creation of new businesses and workplaces within the boundaries of their so-called third mission. This report looks at how Finnish...
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The study analyses the financial framework of the European Union in 2014-2020 and the prospects of Finland in this framework. The study is structured according to budget headlines the most central of which are the natural resources (agriculture and rural development), cohesion (regional and...
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The study analyses the financial framework of the European Union in 2014-2020 and the prospects of Finland in this framework. The study is structured according to budget headlines the most central of which are the natural resources (agriculture and rural development), cohesion (regional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909329
Occupational restructuring means that worker skills need to be updated, broadened or totally renewed. This report focuses on persons whose employment prospects have been particularly challenged by occupational restructuring: persons who in the mid-1990s were employed in occupations characterized...
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This brief provides descriptive evidence on completion of multiple higher education degrees in Finland. In the year 2020, there were altogether 7,100 individuals enrolling in higher education who already had higher education degrees. A quarter of them already had more than one higher education...
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