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Raising skills in Portugal
Araújo, Sónia - 2017
Despite significant progress made, improving skills remains one of Portugal’s key challenges for raising growth, living … cooperate with the private sector. This Working Paper relates to the 2017 OECD Economic Survey of Portugal (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-portugal.htm). …
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Providing the right skills to all in China : from "made in China" to "created in China"
Molnár, Margit; Koen, Vincent - 2015
, the quality of most patents is still low and innovation output is weak. Reforms are underway to address these problems but … knowledge economy. Among the priorities are more and better oriented funding of education, giving greater opportunities to … nurturing research and innovation. This Working Paper relates to the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of China www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-china.htm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399425
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Boosting productivity and inclusiveness in Lithuania
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; Guzzardi, Demetrio - 2018
-research sector collaboration on innovation. Addressing large skills mismatch is also a priority. Increasing the market-relevance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995799
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Strengthening skill use and school-to-work transitions in the Czech Republic
Araújo, Sónia; Maleček, Petr - 2015
The education system has reacted slowly to changes in labour market needs, leading to an increasing number of school leavers without sufficient qualification. In addition, declining PISA scores and a rising share of low achievers are raising concerns about the quality of the future labour force....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399278
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Fostering strong and relevant skills in Iceland
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; Brogi, Laura - 2019
Strong and relevant skills are vital for helping Iceland to adjust to rapidly changing technology and competition in 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202874
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Ensuring a dynamic skillstraining and life-long learning system in Switzerland
Vujanovic, Petar Declan; Lewis, Christine - 2017
Switzerland makes more use of its human resources than most other OECD countries. Labour force participation is high and the unemployment rate low for most segments of society. This ensures a high standard of living for most Swiss people. Nevertheless, productivity growth is relatively slow....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823654
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Assessing China's skills gap and inequalities in education
Molnár, Margit; Wang, Boqing; Gao, Ruidong - 2015
quantified. This paper aims at gaging the skills and knowledge gap of tertiary graduates of universities and vocational colleges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399433
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Improving school-to-work transitions in New Zealand
Ivanchuk Bibbee, Alexandra I. - 2013
The NZ labour market is among the most flexible in the OECD, and outcomes for its young people have been among the best. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also successful and innovative in many ways. Average PISA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231025
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Thailand's education system and skills imbalances : assessment and policy recommendations
Vandeweyer, Marieke; Espinoza, Ricardo; Reznikova, Laura; … - 2020
In light of population ageing, globalisation, automation, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand’s labour market is being significantly reshaped, and so are the skills required for higher employability. This paper analyses the capacity of Thailand’s education and training system...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421216
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Luxembourg : harnessing skills for more inclusive growth
Strasky, Jan - 2017
Digitalisation, automation and future technological changes are changing the world of work, affecting the skills needed to perform them. The future of jobs will not look like the present situation: increasingly, workers will have to adapt to fast technological change, accept more mobility during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732731