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Global Trends in Numeracy 1820-1949 and its Implications for Long-Run Growth
Crayen, Dorothee; Baten, Jörg - 2021
This study is the first to explore long-run trends of numeracy for the 1820-1949 period in 165 countries, and its contribution to growth. Estimates of the long-run numeracy development of most countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, America, and Europe are presented, using age-heaping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316581
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Can the University Save Europe?
Ritzen, Jo - 2012
Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic growth. For that purpose higher education must strengthen its innovative power in entrepreneurship education and by focusing research more on societal problems, while being better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331415
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Can the university save Europe?
Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2012
Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic growth. For that purpose higher education must strengthen its innovative power in entrepreneurship education and by focusing research more on societal problems, while being better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009561436
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Human capital and national institutional quality : are TIMSS, PISA, and national average IQ robust predictors?
Jones, Garett; Potrafke, Niklas - 2014
ability based on Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science …
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Higher education and the fall and rise of inequality
Prettner, Klaus; Schaefer, Andreas - 2016
We investigate the effect of higher education on the evolution of inequality. In so doing we propose a novel overlapping generations model with three social classes: the rich, the middle class, and the poor. We show that there is an initial phase in which no social class invests in higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439186
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Higher education and the fall and rise of inequality
Prettner, Klaus; Schäfer, Andreas - 2016
We investigate the effect of higher education on the evolution of inequality. In so doing we propose a novel overlapping generations model with three social classes: the rich, the middle class, and the poor. We show that there is an initial phase in which no social class invests in higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011555100
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Test scores and economic growth: update and extension
Heller-Sahlgren, Gabriel; Jordahl, Henrik - 2021
Research indicates that education quality - measured by test scores in international student surveys - predicts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660128
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Foders, Federico - 2001
. - 1.2.2 Zur Bewertung von Bildungssystemen¤ 2 Die Nachfrage nach höherwertigen Qualifikationen in Deutschland 2 ….1 Vorbemerkungen zur statistischen Basis. - 2.2 Entwicklung der Qualifikationsmärkte in Deutschland. - 2.3 Entwicklung der ….1 Vorbemerkung. - 3.2 Das deutsche Bildungssystem im Überblick. - 3.2.1 Grundsätzliches. - 3.2.2 Bildungswege in Deutschland. - 3 …
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Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity
Maravalle, Alessandro - 2023
Education and training are a high priority for Costa Rica that devotes to them more than 6.5% of GDP, one of the highest spending shares among OECD countries. However, educational outcomes remain poor and firms struggle to fill their vacancies, particularly in technical and scientific positions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014324643
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Literacy, Education and Economic Development in Contemporary China
Yeoh 楊又興, Emile Kok-Kheng; Chu, Kah-Mun - 2013
Literacy has been conceptualized traditionally as having a major role in developing a nation. Literacy helps to spread awareness among the people of their rights. People with good literacy skills enjoy a higher standard of living, have better opportunities of finding jobs, and are able to...
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