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Head-content or headcount? : Short-term skilled labour movements as a source of growth
Tani, Massimiliano (contributor) - 2006
This paper contributes a theoretical model to study the effects of short-term movements of skilled labour on a country's economic growth. As traditional migration models emphasise the long-term effects of migration on factor endowments, they typically omit the analysis of gross labour flows....
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Math skill growth and learning differences in higher education : can lower-skilled students catch up?
Büchele, Stefan; Marten, Carina - 2022
Studies determining students' success in higher education mostly rely on students' predetermined baseline variables … development of these differences over time. Whether ex-ante lower-skilled students can catch up or higher-skilled students may … expand their initial lead remains unclear. We investigate the students' learning growth in a business math course and analyze …
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Fiscal and Governance Linkages in Eastern European Energy : Enabling Growth and Convergence Through Flexible and Fiscally Accountable Regulation
Teksten, Ryan Dain - 2010
Eastern Europe is one of the fastest growing transition economies of the world. The post-socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, especially the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, continue to undergo a radical economic reform program via microeconomic liberalization, macroeconomic...
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Fostering a strong labour market to support the recovery and sustain growth in Switzerland
Salins, Veronique - 2022
Switzerland has a well-functioning labour market with low unemployment, a highly skilled workforce and well-paid jobs. It has proved resilient during the COVID-19 crisis, helped by extensive government support to employment and incomes. As activity recovers, the authorities face the challenge of...
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Growing together : towards a more inclusive Ireland
Haugh, David; Jin, Yosuke; González Pandiella, Alberto - 2016
The Irish economy is growing strongly, but there is a risk many households will be left behind despite robust growth. High joblessness especially among the low-educated and skill-biased wage differentials have induced high market income inequality, among the highest in the OECD. Ireland’s...
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Growing together : making Lithuania's convergence process more inclusive
Demmou, Lilas - 2016
Although Lithuania’s growth has been impressive, inequality is high, the risk of poverty is one of the highest of European countries, and life expectancy is comparatively low and strongly dependent on socio-economic background. The low job satisfaction reduces well-being and feeds high...
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The Role of School Improvement in Economic Development
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2007
The role of improved schooling, a central part of most development strategies, has become controversial because expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This paper reviews the role of education in promoting economic wellbeing, with a particular focus on the...
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EU cohesion policy, past and present : sustaining a prospering and fair European Union?
Krieger-Boden, Christiane - 2016
In 2015, the EU regional / cohesion policy has passed its 40th anniversary. During this time, it has undergone various manifestations with ever-changing objectives. It started as a mixture of structural and regional policy aimed at reducing regional economic disparities within the Union. Since...
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Fiscal consolidation by austerity and EU surveillance policies
Iancu, Aurel; Olteanu, Dan - 2015
After a brief introduction dealing with critical opinions of some economists on the European austerity policy, the authors point out that austerity as a means of achieving fiscal consolidation and financial stability is applied when the fiscal domain is weak. After analyzing the effects of the...
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Study on quality of public finances in support of growth in the mediterranean partner countries of the EU
De Wulf, Luc; Coutinho, Leonor; Sassanpour, Cyrus; … - 2010
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