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The Irish economy has experienced a decline in productivity growth over the past decade. This has mostly reflected the …. Given the mobility of foreign-owned firms, achieving sustainable productivity growth requires addressing productivity …
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Micro, small and medium-sized firms (MSMEs) are a key source of employment and economic growth in Indonesia. They …, curbing their role in boosting living standards. There are several ways to spur MSME productivity growth over the medium term … should aim both at increasing the pool of workers and making education and training institutions more responsive to evolving …
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While Korea remains one of the fastest-growing OECD economies, its potential growth rate per capita is projected to … decelerate from around 4% during the current decade to around 2¼ per cent during the 2030s. Sustaining growth requires policies … young people, improved vocational education at the secondary and tertiary levels would help overcome the labour mismatch …
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growth. However, they do not account for intra-national spatial heterogeneity, even when regions, and not only countries … predictors of future GDP growth. These findings shed light on the determinants of regional convergence patterns. …
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policies; ii) education and skills; to ensure adequate skills for accessing good quality jobs; and iii) urban environments …
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people in education, is also linked to the overall decline in youth unemployment. Finally, as regards education, the results … indicate that the number of years of education, the number of young people with vocational training and, to a lesser extent … a well-functioning education system and labour market institutions that do not introduce distortions into the labour …
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Swiss women are now as well educated as their male counterparts. However, progress remains to be made in the job market where both the supply and price of female labour are below that of men. While the participation rate for women is high and rising, it is offset by a heavy incidence of...
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that workers possess skills that match employers’ needs will sustain employment and productivity growth. Improving the … education system is a long-term mission and involves raising its pedagogical strength and orientation towards professional needs …
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growth and low productivity. Major structural measures have been legislated to improve competition, education, energy, the … implemented, these reforms could increase annual trend per capita GDP growth by as much as one percentage point over the next ten … OECD best practices could increase potential growth by another percentage point annually. …
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similar to those in other countries. In particular, as in other countries, in Mexico income, education, health, job status and …
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