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Both educational attainment and skills, as measured in the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), are high in Sweden. They are not perfect substitutes, but both are to some degree necessary for successfully integrating in the Swedish labour market. This paper describes the distribution of...
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-Palatinate an assessment of the skill composi-tion of the immigrant population, the effects of immigration on wages and employment …, the integration of immigrants into the labour market and the impact of immigration policies on the skill composition of …. There is convincing empirical evidence that immigration policies have a considerable impact on the skill composition of the …
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eastern European countries to Germany. In 2011 the net immigration of foreign citizens amounted to 279,000 persons; for 2012 a … net immigration of 340,000 to 380,000 persons is to be expected. This high level is surely due to the positive labour …, immigration from other EU states will drop. The largest potential for immigration lies with the third countries. If participation …
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Surveys suggest that Denmark ranks close to or slightly above the OECD average in terms of student and adult skills, even though Denmark spends more than many OECD countries on education, labour market policies and adult learning. Sluggish productivity growth over the past two decades raises the...
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The Prosperity pillar of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for an integrated approach based on boosting productivity through diversification, upgrading technology and innovation, and increasing employment and entrepreneurship. Thailand needs to address all these challenges to...
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While unemployment in the EU is above 10%, the job vacancy rate also remains high around 1.5%. This suggests considerable unmet demand for skills, which is in the focus of the EU employment promotion policies. This paper studies the special role that schooled ICT experts in firms - an intangible...
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