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Investing Efficiently in Education and Active Labour Market Policies in Slovakia

Klein, Caroline - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

students. Unemployment is high and the school-to-job transition process does not work well. Spending on education and active … disadvantaged pupils. Developing work-based vocational education would also facilitate the transition from school to work. This …>Investir efficacement dans l´éducation et dans les politiques actives du marché du travail en Slovaquie<BR>En Slovaquie, les résultats …

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Gross Earning Inequalities in OECD Countries and Major Non-member Economies: Determinants and Future Scenarios

Braconier, Henrik; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 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...

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Making the Labour Market Work Better in Poland

Boulhol, Hervé - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 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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Tackling Labour Mismatches and Promoting Mobility in Hungary

Sorbe, Stéphane - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Significant labour market mismatches and insufficient mobility penalise employment and productivity. Mismatches have above all a skills dimension, with an excess of low-skilled workers and a possible lack of skilled workers in certain domains. Reducing the high tax wedge on low salaries and...

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Boosting Productivity in Russia: Skills, Education and Innovation

Demmou, Lilas; Wörgötter, Andreas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

human capital and productivity improvements.<P> 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 … Russie : Les compétences, l'éducation et l'innovation<BR>Le marché du travail en Russie est très flexible. Les entreprises s …

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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also … document : la libéralisation du secteur financier ; renforcer la concurrence sur les marchés des biens et services ; l’éducation …

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Raising Education Outcomes in Greece

Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

scores are low, a large number of tertiary students study abroad, and attainment rates are low at all levels of education …. Resources devoted to education are also modest. Participation in early childhood education and care is particularly low …, influencing education outcomes in later years, the child care sector is poorly regulated and under–developed, and the separate …

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Labour Market Outcomes and Schooling in Canada: Has the Value of a High School Degree Changed over Time?

Parent, Daniel - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1999

individuals with low levels of education, and to situate it in the context of the evolution in the value of a high school diploma … over the 1981-1996 period, conditional on not pursuing post-secondary education. To do so I make use of Statistics Canada … whether the value of holding a high school diploma (excluding the option value of pursuing post-secondary education) has …

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Transition vers le marché du travail au Canada : Portrait de la situation actuelle et perspective historique

Parent, Daniel - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1999

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What Is Happening in the Youth Labour Market in Canada?

Beaudry, Paul; Lemieux, Thomas; Parent, Daniel - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1999

This paper analyzes the evolution of the labour market participation rate of men and women age 15 to 24 from 1976 to 1998. The0501n question being asked is why youth participation rates fell precipitously during the 1990s? We look at two dimensions of this decline: changes in the participation...

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