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questions regarding the division of labour between the polytechnics and universities, the position of polytechnics in the … labour between polytechnics and universities is regarded almost universally as an important goal, but the current system is … respondents saw that polytechnics are too much in the domain of universities. A clear majority of the respondents indicated that …
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Polytechnics in Bangladesh endeavour to produce quality graduates for national and international job markets. The …
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on how polytechnics degrees pay off compared to university degrees. In this paper, we estimate the polytechnic degree … wage effect in China, drawing on an unprecedented higher education expansion initially focused on universities and only … later covering polytechnics. We find a large polytechnic wage penalty, of 35%, larger than what could be driven by the …
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This paper provides new evidence on the contribution of local banking to local economic growth (i.e. at county level - the Italian "province") in Italy. A comprehensive dataset is used, which includes control variables for social capital and human capital as well as indicators of the quality of...
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We assess the empirical literature on the determinants of spatial variations in new-firm formation rates by undertaking a systematic empirical analysis of the relative roles of different demand- and supply-side factors. Using instrumental variables to address endogeneity, we find that local...
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Many policy models require assumptions about future population trends. Sensitivity tests for these assumptions are normally carried out by comparing population projection variants. This paper outlines some of the conditions that variant-based sensitivity tests must meet if they are to be...
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Statistics Norway projects the population by age, sex and immigrant background at the national level. This paper examines the accuracy of the Norwegian population projections produced between 1996 and 2018. We assess deviations between projected and registered numbers, both for the total...
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The paper presents a set of population projections for the Brazilian population disaggregated by sex and five-year age groups, seeking to measure the effects of the pandemic seeking to measure the effects of the pandemic on its dynamics. One of the effects was the reduction in life expectancy...
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This paper explores alternative future trajectories of international migration by applying a multiregional flow model to a new set of estimates of global bilateral migration flows developed by the second author. The innovations in population projections presented here are threefold: first, the...
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This paper makes detailed population and poverty projections that take into account expected demographic changes (in terms of fertility, mortality, migration, and education) as well as differentials in social mobility by household type. Such projections could be useful for a variety of purposes...
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