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 …

The Australian education system fares well in international comparison with regards to PISA test scores and the higher … education system attracts an increasing number of foreign students. Vocational education and training (VET) is an important part … of the post–secondary education system, equipping individuals with the skills to enter or re–enter the labour force and …

of education and training services in Portugal and shows that improvements are needed to narrow the significant human … in formal education, and they do not perform as well as children from other OECD countries. Adults, especially the least … resources devoted to education and training but from inefficiencies and misallocation of spending, and weaknesses in the quality …

The Human Resources field, through education and lifelong learning, represent the impetus of development in the …

first use a dynamic health microsimulation model to document how interventions which incentivize college attendance among ….3% reduction in lifetime hospital stays, 19.7 for specialists). We find that education impacts mortality mostly by delaying the …. The impact on mortality are found to be larger than those estimated from the health microsimulation model (hazard ratio of …

first use a dynamic health microsimulation model to document how interventions which incentivize college attendance among ….3% reduction in lifetime hospital stays, 19.7 for specialists). We find that education impacts mortality mostly by delaying the …. The impact on mortality are found to be larger than those estimated from the health microsimulation model (hazard ratio of …

In this paper we utilise microsimulation techniques in the form of an income generation model and a tax/benefit model … to estimate both the fiscal and net private return to education at a marginal level. This is carried out empirically … results indicate that a more generous tax/benefit system, combined with a greater state burden of the cost of education over …

and the state. -- returns to education ; microsimulation ; income generation model …In this paper we utilise microsimulation techniques in the form of an income generation model and a tax/benefit model … to estimate both the fiscal and net private return to education at a marginal level. This is carried out empirically …

With increasing numbers of young people participating in higher education in Ireland and a heavy reliance of higher … education institutions on state funding, the introduction of an alternative finance system for Ireland has been muted over the … we utilize a dynamic microsimulation model developed for Ireland to simulate the impact of both an income contingent loan …

In this paper we utilise microsimulation techniques in the form of an income generation model and a tax/benefit model … to estimate both the fiscal and net private return to education at a marginal level. This is carried out empirically … results indicate that a more generous tax/benefit system, combined with a greater state burden of the cost of education over …