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Fuentes, Andrés; Lehmann, Stephanie; Kim, Eun Jung - 2018

Cognitive skills, such as reading and numeric skills, are key determinants of wages, employment and long-term economic growth. Good cognitive skills also reduce poverty risk and improve non-material wellbeing, such as health and social cohesion. Non-cognitive skills, such as skills to use...

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Exploring the causal relation between obesity and alcohol use, and educational outcomes

Vuik, Sabine; Devaux, Marion; Cecchini, Michele - 2019

Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk factors are known to affect health and wellbeing, but may also have an impact on educational outcomes. The objective of this study was to assess a potential causal relationship...

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Networks of innovation : towards new models for managing schools and systems

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: to what extent can they replace cumbersome bureaucracies as forms of management and as sources of innovation and … seminars held in Hungary, the Netherlands and Portugal, organized with the OECD's Centre for Educational Research and … Innovation. They were concerned with the "how?" and not just the "what?" and "why?" of changing schools for the future …

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Enhancing SME productivity : policy highlights on the role of managerial skills, workforce skills and business linkages

Marchese, Marco; Giuliani, Elisa; Salazar-Elena, Juan Carlos - 2019

Based on an extensive review of the academic and policy literature, this paper focuses on the role of managerial skills, workforce skills and business linkages in enhancing SME productivity. The paper is structured as follows. First, it presents estimates on productivity gaps by firm size to...

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Boosting productivity and preparing for the future of work in Germany

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The German labour market : preparing for the future

Hüfner, Felix; Klein, Caroline - 2012

The strength of the German labour market response to the financial crisis of 2008-09 demonstrated the benefits of past labour market reforms, which raised work incentives, improved job matching and increased working hour flexibility. Going forward, the government should build on this success and...

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