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This paper suggests that the insufficient work experience of young people as compared to adults is the major cause of the hardship the former experience in the labour market both in terms of employment and wages. Economists are bewildered as to the determinants of and as to the ways to cure the...
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This paper presents consideration of the effects of child allowances and subsidies for private education investment on fertility and private education investment. The level of public education expenditure plays an important role in the effects of child care policies. To raise fertility,...
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This paper documents the impact of an after-school program called Apoyo Escolar, sited in one of the most vulnerable neighborhoods of a developing country, Uruguay. The outcomes of interest are academic achievement, behavior at school and grade retention. By a field experiment, we explore the...
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Early childhood development is increasingly recognized as a key public issue. Parenting interventions form an important evidence-based strategy to foster infant-toddler cognitive and language skills, motor and socio-emotional development and adaptive behavior. This systematic review investigated...
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, since the time of the enlightenment. It started in the countries of north-western Europe, and it has gone on to affect the …
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“We risk having a generation that hasn’t held a job. Personal dignity comes from working [.] Young people are in a crisis". Pope Francis - July the 22nd, 2013. Youth unemployment is a critical issue across the European Union with 5.5 million people unemployed among the 18-24 years age group...
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In a country that lost all feasible authorities for over twenty years economic future seems gloomy. No feasible economic solutions are seen. The paper review auspices of the Somalian tragedy and retort history of its last dictatorship, Siad Barri, the following civil conflict and the process of...
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Europe (SHARE). The first and chore part provides an analytical overview of the educational reforms that may have affected … the skill level of Europe’s elderly population. More specifically, it targets the national institutional plans or …
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education for thtree important poles of the global space: U.S.A., Asia-Pacific and Europe until the beginning of the current … process with all the innovation system) and traditional values (Humboldtian construction) in Europe, provides a summary of …
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the acadmeic world map considered in my analysis: Europe. Of course, globalization and building a united Europe, strong … systems in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific countries, multiplying “factorial” higher education providers, increasing … quality, efficiency and performance in education and research, competitiveness in Europe and worldwide. …
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