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Making the labour market work better in Poland
Boulhol, Hervé - 2014
Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace. Despite long working hours, labour...
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Gross earning inequalities in OECD countries and major non-member economies : determinants and future scenarios
Braconier, Henrik; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer - 2014
Income and earning inequality has been on the rise in most of the OECD and in many emerging economies since the 1980s. This paper estimates a model of earnings inequality across OECD countries that incorporates determinants of relative demand and supply of more and less-skilled labour. Drawing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465013
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Rejuvenating Greece's labour market to generate more and higher-quality jobs
Bulman, Tim - 2020
productivity developments and help businesses to weather the COVID-19 shock. Building on the population’s solid education levels by … substantial boost to professional education and training at all levels and ages. This chapter applies the 2018 OECD Jobs Strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304424
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Boosting productivity in Russia : skills, education and innovation
Demmou, Lilas; Wörgötter, Andreas - 2015
human capital and productivity improvements. While educational attainment is very high, the education system needs to be … education are unequally distributed. Adequate funding for education institutions is not assured everywhere while inefficiencies …
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Spurring growth in lagging regions in Slovak Republic
Demmou, Lilas; Haluš, Martin; Machlica, Gabriel; … - 2015
Regional inequality in Slovakia is among the highest in the OECD and is increasing. The main reason for regional disparity is the combination of low economic growth and job creation in the eastern and central part of the country and insufficient labour mobility to the west, in particular by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399343
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The Czech labour market : documenting structural change and remaining challenges
Araújo, Sónia; Maleček, Petr - 2015
the Czech labour market. The higher share of tertiary education graduates has increased the supply of skills … education graduates show that the education system fails to provide the qualifications required by the labour market. At the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399349
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Financial sector pay and labour income inequality : evidence from Europe
Denk, Oliver - 2015
Public questioning about the role of finance has been fuelled by the perception that financial sector pay is an important factor behind high economic inequalities. This paper is the first to provide a comprehensive look at the level of earnings in finance and the implications for labour income...
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Overcoming skills shortages in Canada
Carey, David - 2014
, increasing responsiveness of the education and training system to labour market demand, making the immigration system more …
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Skills at work : how skills and their use matter in the labour market
Quintini, Glenda - 2014
Human capital is key for economic growth. Not only is it linked to aggregate economic performance but also to each individual’s labour market outcomes. However, a skilled population is not enough to achieve high and inclusive growth, as skills need to be put into productive use at work. Thanks...
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Thailand's education system and skills imbalances : assessment and policy recommendations
Vandeweyer, Marieke; Espinoza, Ricardo; Reznikova, Laura; … - 2020
capacity of Thailand’s education and training system to develop relevant skills from the pre-primary to higher education level … relevant teacher training, and sustained competitiveness of higher education institutions as key areas for improvement. It also … points to large skills shortages in the education, and health and social work sectors, and prevalent qualification and field …
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