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China's march to prosperity : reforms to avoid the middle-income trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - 2013
China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231008
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Gender equality and economic growth in India : a quantitative framework
Agénor, Pierre-Richard; Mareš, Jan; Sorsa, Piritta - 2015
and promote economic growth in India. The first part provides a brief review of gender issues in the country. The second … part presents a gender-based OLG model, based on Agénor (2015) and Agénor and Canuto (2015), that accounts for women’s time … in infrastructure, conditional cash transfers, and a reduction in gender bias in the market place. The analysis shows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399697
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Providing the right skills to all in China : from "made in China" to "created in China"
Molnár, Margit; Koen, Vincent - 2015
China has made impressive strides in education in recent decades, even though the accumulation of human capital has … nurturing research and innovation. This Working Paper relates to the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of China www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-china.htm …
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Structural reforms to boost Turkey's long-term growth
Gönenç, Rauf; Röhn, Oliver; Koen, Vincent; Saygili, … - 2012
Turkey can achieve strong sustainable growth and job creation but further reforms in the labour market, education and product markets are required for such gains to materialise. In recent years, growth has been largely driven by the industrial catch-up of Anatolian regions, although the Marmara...
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Boosting productivity and living standards in Thailand
Koen, Vincent; Asada, Hidekatsu; Rahuman, Mohamed … - 2018
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011914179
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Improving education quality in South Africa
Murtin, Fabrice - 2013
South Africa has achieved remarkable progress in educational attainment relative to other emerging countries, but the quality of basic education for a large fraction of the Black African population is still very low. This study identifies several hurdles to the upgrading of basic education...
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Improving school-to-work transitions in New Zealand
Ivanchuk Bibbee, Alexandra I. - 2013
The NZ labour market is among the most flexible in the OECD, and outcomes for its young people have been among the best. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also successful and innovative in many ways. Average PISA...
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Skills at work : how skills and their use matter in the labour market
Quintini, Glenda - 2014
number of key labour market phenomena, such as the gender wage gap. Finally, the paper combines information on skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010392970
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The role of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in fostering inclusive growth at the local level in Southeast Asia
OECD - 2018
The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) for fostering inclusive growth at the local level in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN ) region. The first section provides a brief overview of the main developmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011945711
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Policy drivers of human capital in the OECD's quantification of structural reforms
Égert, Balázs; Botev, Jarmila; Turner, David - 2019
This paper uses a new measure of human capital that works much better in explaining productivity in OECD countries compared to earlier measures of human capital to investigate the educational policy drivers of human capital. A novel methodology is utilised by interacting educational policies,...
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