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dramatic augmentation of working population with vocational education relative to general education. This is consistent with … the recent literature, which argues that the ratio of vocational-to-general education tends to be higher in middle …-income countries. We explore an analytical approach to open up fresh insights into the composition of secondary education and prove the …
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dramatic augmentation of working population with vocational education relative to general education. This is consistent with … the recent literature, which argues that the ratio of vocational-to-general education tends to be higher in middle …-income countries. We explore an analytical approach to open up fresh insights into the composition of secondary education and prove the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281876
skills and use them effectively in the workplace. Special attention needs to be devoted to supporting disadvantaged students … and adults in developing critical skills and reducing the skills imbalances in the labour market, which can contribute to … higher productivity and growth. In light of the importance of skills for fostering labour productivity, this paper examines …
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controlling for age/experience, race and education, jobs which involve automated or routine tasks and those without any face …
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period, first the post-World War baby boom and then the substantial increase in education led to higher economic growth than … otherwise expected. As the pace of increase in education slowed and the workforce aged toward the end of the period, human …
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skills, employment growth has generally been quite stagnant in all regions. Labor skills, for which we use the wage premium … productivity in APAC countries, while labor skills have greater emphasis in the EU. …
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skills, employment growth has generally been quite stagnant in all regions. Labor skills, for which we use the wage premium … productivity in APAC countries, while labor skills have greater emphasis in the EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013221433
entrepreneurship and the reform of education system. The developmen t and diffusion of digitalisation and other technologies is … services. Employmen t will depend on the speed of adjustment of education system t o technological changes and labour market … requirements, as well as on the possibilities for vocational education and change in qualifications. A n important reserve, which …
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Productivity growth is slowing down among OECD countries, coupled with increased misallocation of resources. A recent strand of literature focuses on the role of non-viable firms (“zombie firms”) to explain these developments. Using a rich firm-level dataset for one of the OECD countries...
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compression hypothesis hold? Based on the PIAAC survey of adult skills for seventeen OECD countries, this paper seeks to shed …
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