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literacy and the likelihood of participating in adult education is also explored. Lower employment prospects for immigrants are … well explained by lower literacy proficiency, lower education and less favourable socio-economic backgrounds. This Working …
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household composition, age structure, industry structure, educational attainment and immigration on inequality. The influence of …
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New Zealand’s immigration system aims to enhance well-being by promoting economic development, reuniting families and … meeting humanitarian objectives. Immigration is high and residence admissions are focused on the high skilled to enhance … economic outcomes. Empirical evidence suggests that immigration has had small positive effects on per capita incomes and has …
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Canada’s immigration policy aims to promote economic development by selecting immigrants with high levels of human …-class immigrants, who are selected for their skills, are by far the largest group. The immigration system has been highly successful … language skills and a decline in returns to pre-immigration labour market experience. Canada has responded by modifying its …
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the world economy and safeguard high prosperity and well-being. Many students, especially those with an immigration … background, lack solid core skills and competences that weakens the skills-base. Vocational and tertiary education do not always … ensure that tertiary education provides the right skills. Beyond education, effective re-skilling and up-skilling programmes …
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. Educational outcomes could be improved through raising the attractiveness of the teacher profession, improving teacher education …
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education of the 2019 OECD Economic Survey of Sweden. The dataset covers most Swedish schools providing education for 9th …
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education, strengthening continuous learning and instigating more cooperation, feedback and support between colleagues. This …
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labour costs and increase work incentives for low-skilled workers. Also, the education system needs to become more equitable …
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Growing international migration and diverse characteristics of migrant populations make internationally comparable high-quality data on migrants essential. Regular update of these data is crucial to capture the changes in size and composition of migrant populations. This document presents the...
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