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How much choice should parents and pupils have over which school to attend? This question has been at the centre of … allocating public school places according to residence have been relaxed. Public subsidies to private schools have sometimes been … seen as a way of broadening choice. Recent experience shows that policies to increase school choice bring dangers as well …
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This paper explores the role of social vouchers as a tool for social inclusion and local development. It presents a typology of vouchers and their objectives, governing institutional and regulatory frameworks, use by national and local governments, and the social economy (Section1). It analyses...
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Immigrants make up one fifth of the Belgian working age population, but their labour market integration is poor. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring. Further, with more precarious jobs and lower wages,...
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