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Income contingent loans (ICLs) are a financial tool that optimizes the transactional efficiencies involved in the government monopoly in taxing personal income. It protects the borrowers against periods of low income, as instalments vary according to fluctuations in their incomes over the...
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Income contingent loans (ICLs) are a financial tool that optimizes the transactional efficiencies involved in the government monopoly in taxing personal income. It protects the borrowers against periods of low income, as instalments vary according to fluctuations in their incomes over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510721
The country's higher education system assumed a new geographical configuration in the twenty-first century, under the impulse of two simultaneous processes of growth and reagglomeration, both characterized by a spatially less concentrated pattern. Thus, in addition to an evolution that has...
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The country's higher education system assumed a new geographical configuration in the twenty-first century, under the impulse of two simultaneous processes of growth and reagglomeration, both characterized by a spatially less concentrated pattern. Thus, in addition to an evolution that has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014500797
Portuguese Abstract: O capital humano é reconhecidamente o fator mais importante no crescimento econômico nos tempos modernos. Isto deveria ser prioridade em nossa política sócio econômica. No entanto, simples reconhecimento desse fato não é suficiente para um salto qualitativo no...
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Não obstante o progresso significativo conseguido, melhorar as competências e as qualificações continua a ser um dos principais desafios que Portugal enfrenta para aumentar o crescimento, os níveis de vida e o bem-estar. A requalificação da população adulta continua a ser uma prioridade...
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In this paper we compare the Brazilian tertiary education system to the ones in five well-succeeded countries that have promoted significant efforts to develop their higher education, using 2006 data. The results suggest trade-offs between the goals of access and equity, on the one hand, and of...
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Fundamental education is mainly provided by municipalities according to a decentralized model in which local management transforms resources transferred by the federal government into educational results that are centrally monitored. This mode of operation is conducive to the evaluation of...
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Since 2004, a complex high-stake assessment of the federal higher education system has been in operation in Brazil. Established by law, the National Higher Education Assessment System (Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior - Sinaes) consists of three components: the evaluation...
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This paper describes changes that occurred in the Brazilian tertiary education system considering information from household surveys and from administrative data collected by the Ministry of Education. A movement toward democratizing access occurred especially in public universities and in the...
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