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Labour supply and employment in the euro area countries - developments and challenges

Masuch, Klaus (contributor); … - European System of Central Banks / Monetary Policy … - 2008

The aim of this report, which has been prepared by a Task Force of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Eurosystem, is to describe and analyse the main developments in labour supply and its determinants in the euro area, review the links between labour supply and labour market institutions,...

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Public spending in education and student's performance in Colombia

Heras Recuero, Laura; Olaberría, Eduardo - 2018

’s performance, using data from Saber 11, a national standardized test conducted by Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la … investment in public education and higher teacher qualifications can help increase average performance and reduce the impact that … socioeconomic factors, such as family income, have on student performance. The analysis proposes a model where student performance …

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Skills and labour market performance in Sweden

Bussi, Margherita; Pareliussen, Jon K. - 2015

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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The economic consequences of an ageing population in Slovenia

Walkenhorst, Peter; Sila, Urban - 2015

Slovenia’s population is set to age rapidly in the coming decades. This demographic trend will increasingly put pressure on already fragile public finances as age related expenditure is projected to rise by 3 percentage points of GDP by the year 2030. Ensuring debt sustainability and...

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Policies for making the Chilean labour market more inclusive

Caldera Sánchez, Aida - 2014

Economic growth and recent policy reforms have increased employment and reduced overall poverty in Chile. Yet there are some groups that remain at the margins of the labour market and could benefit from and contribute more to growth. Women and young people have entered the labour force in...

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Making the labour market work better in Poland

Boulhol, Hervé - 2014

is nonetheless heavily segmented. This is likely to weigh on economic performance by limiting investment in human capital …

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Transition finance country study Viet Nam : on the threshold of transition

Kim, Jieun; Poensgen, Konstantin - 2019

Based on the “ABC” approach targeted to assess all available sources of financing (official development finance, private investment, domestic resources, and remittances), the Viet Nam country pilot study explores the challenges of transition finance in a middle-income country in the...

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Incentives and constraints of informal trade between Nigeria and its neighbours

Hoffmann, Leena Koni; Melly, Paul - 2018

The scale of unrecorded trade across the border between Nigeria, the region’s biggest economy and market, and its francophone neighbours is particularly high. Despite providing economic incentives, informal trade entails costs, complications and sometimes risks. This paper explores how policy...

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What makes Mexicans happy?

Dugain, Valéry; Olaberriá, Eduardo - 2015

The growing literature studying the determinants of subjective wellbeing find that Mexicans report, on average, levels of life satisfaction that are above what would be predicted by the available objective measures of well-being. This paradox raises the following question: Are the drivers of...

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Fostering inclusive growth in Turkey by promoting structural change in the business sector

Gönenç, Rauf; Röhn, Oliver; Koen, Vincent; … - 2014

Turkey’s business sector dynamism has underpinned broad-based and inclusive growth in the 2000s. However, the business sector is highly segmented, with a relatively small core of modern high-productivity corporations, and myriad small, less formal and low-productivity entities. This hampers...

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