Search Results - subject:"Basic skills"

From Productivity to Well-Being: Keep the Focus on Basic Skills

Fortin, Pierre - In: International Productivity Monitor 11 (2005) Fall, pp. 3-6

to the median. Consequently, he argues that the most pressing task for Canadians is to foster basic skills, reduce the …

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Returns to basic skills in Central & Eastern Europe : a semi parametric approach

Denny, Kevin; Doyle, Orla - Geary Institute, University College Dublin - 2005

This paper uses semi-parametric econometric techniques to investigate the relationship between basic skills and earning … has examined the impact of basic skills and schooling on income. Estimating a Mincer human capital model we find that … including a measure of basic skills reduces the returns to education. In addition, using a partial linear model in which log …

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Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: National Development Plan, Road Map for Implementation of National Development Plan, Overview of Sector Investment Programs: Strategies and Priorities for the Medium Term

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This paper discusses the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paperâ€”National Development Plan for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The plan has been a participative process, involving constituents in every sector of the economy to identify the problems they face and to suggest solutions to...

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Adult literacy and economic growth

Johnston, Grant - 2004

Developed countries, including New Zealand, used to consider their populations wholly literate, in the sense that almost all adults could read and write. Contemporary definitions expand the concept of literacy to include wider cognitive skills, and extend it across the whole population: people...

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Adult literacy and economic growth

Johnston, Grant - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2004

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Madagascar; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

This report summarizes the improved Intermediate Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) of Madagascar, and the new policy orientation of the government. This strategy is based on an objective analysis and precise criteria. It presents the general framework of intervention of the PRSP and an...

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Returns to basic skills in central and eastern Europe : a semi-parametric approach

Denny, Kevin; Doyle, Orla - In: The economics of transition 18 (2010) 1, pp. 183-208

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Human Capital Convergence; International Evidence

Sab, Randa; Smith, Stephen C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

In the growth literature, evidence on income convergence is mixed. In the development literature, health and education indicators are also often used. This study examines whether health and education levels are converging across countries and calculates their convergence speed, using data from...

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Numeracy, Literacy and Earnings: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Dougherty, C - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2000

The analysis is concerned with the contributions of numeracy and literacy to earnings, for three reasons: first, no clear pattern emerges from existing findings relating to the contributions of different types of ability, and numeracy and literacy appear to be a natural basic starting point;...

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Numeracy, literacy and earnings: evidence from the national longitudinal survey of youth

Dougherty, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

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