Context: The paper focuses on an analysis of school-based vocational education and training (VET) of adults in Slovakia … a comparison of selected characteristics of VET of adults in Slovakia with the principles of second chance education … education and training. Findings: The absence of SCE principles in the vocational education and training of adults in Slovakia …

While skilled immigration ceteris paribus provides an immediate boost to GDP per capita by adding to the human capital … indigenous workers? We analyse this issue theoretically and empirically. The theoretical model shows how skilled immigration can … workers have declined in a period where immigration has been rising strongly, and have declined significantly more in high …

lines suggested by Bianchi, Buonanno and Pinotti (2012). Our results suggest that immigration has a positive and significant … be driven by higher-skilled workers. The results for training are less clear, but suggest that higher-skilled immigration … may have a positive impact on the training of native workers. We discuss the implications for post-Brexit immigration …

Regional inequality in Slovakia is among the highest in the OECD and is increasing. The main reason for regional … transport infrastructure network in Slovakia will be both important for removing expansion bottlenecks in the Bratislava region …

In Slovakia, educational outcomes are below the OECD average and are too dependent on the socioeconomic background of … Working Paper relates to the 2012 OECD Economic Survey of the Slovak Republic (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/slovakia2012). …