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Improving skills and their use in Germany

Fuentes, Andrés; Lehmann, Stephanie; Kim, Eun Jung - 2018

vocational education and training system could help ensure the capacity of graduates to adapt to technological change at higher …

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The changing labour market for graduates from medium-level vocational education and training

Vandeweyer, Marieke; Verhagen, Annelore - 2020

quantity, and zooms in on the types of occupations that employ VET graduates. The outcomes of VET graduates younger than 35 … years old are compared to those of general education graduates (at the same education level), tertiary education graduates … and graduates without an upper secondary education degree. Finally, based on these findings, the report discusses key …

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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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Adapting to the changing labour market in New Zealand

Carey, David - 2017

Technological change is increasing the productivity of highly skilled workers but creating more challenging labour-market conditions for their low-skilled counterparts. These pressures are likely to grow, especially in light of progress being made in Artificial Intelligence. The NZ labour force...

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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 economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...

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Improving the economic situation of young people in France

Boulhol, Hervé - 2013

The economic situation of young people is unsatisfactory. Educational inequalities have been widening for over a decade, due to a sharp decline in the results of the most highly disadvantaged students. The unemployment rate for the 20-24 age bracket has not dropped below 16% for nearly 30 years....

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Anti-competitive and regulatory barriers in the United States labour market

Hermansen, Mikkel Nørlem - 2020

Occupational licensing and non-competition agreements are two important types of labour market regulation in the United States, both covering around one fifth of all workers. While some regulation is needed to protect safety and ensure quality of services, it also creates entry barriers and...

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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 lagged behind that of physical capital. Going forward, access to and quality of education will be key to sustain economic convergence with the most advanced economies and to offset...

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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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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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