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Achieving progress in education is of fundamental importance for human development. Low levels of access to the … education system and in educational outcomes in developing countries are often accompanied by high inequality between countries … education system and in educational outcomes across the welfare distribution between and within countries, and also by gender …
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“Employment and sustainable development: education, training and R&D in the regulation of the labour market” Ilona … next sections focus on long trend and new forms of labour market regulation and the role successively played by Education … effective upgrading of work and skills, requiring adequate structural education, training and R&D policies. …
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generations depending on the use of breeding, brute force or education. All actions have to be viewed under thermodynamic …
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We construct a simple model of compulsory schooling in which legislation and compliance are endogenously determined by individuals disciplined by social norms, optimizing their voting decisions and the school attendance of their children. The model provides a formal framework for interpreting...
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the role of education. Understanding the factors that shape attitudes towards peace is important in order to be successful … of education. While some authors have linked violent and extreme positions to ignorance and to low market opportunities …, others have found that education is positively correlated with being a member of a terrorist group. To better understand the …
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This paper examines recent evidence on Indigenous social exclusion and attempts to relate it to the Productivity Commission’s Framework for Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage. It is not sufficient to measure the various aspects of disadvantage as we need to understand the pathways into...
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Australia has moved rapidly from a centralised Award based wage determination system to decentralised enterprise bargaining. This move has been associated with a substantial drop in strike activity. The relationship between working days lost and a series of macroeconomic variables is tested for...
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’ decisions to undertake further education. This paper presents the results of an experimental choice analysis of workers …
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This paper analyses high school completion rates, known as ‘apparent retention rates’ in Australia, from 1989 to 2002. Unlike most measures of educational attainment or participation in Australia, the apparent retention rate was lower at the end of the 1990s than it had been in the early...
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In the context of concerns about skills shortages and an ageing workforce, increased participation in education and …
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