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Is this the end of Public Education in Chile?

Paredes, Ricardo D.; Pinto, Juan Ignacio - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 1, pp. 47-66

with owners' decisions, to explain the change in the education structure en Chile. We found evidence that the asymmetry in … education ; descentralization …

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Investitionen in Bildung : frühkindlicher Bereich hat großes Potential

Spieß, C. Katharina - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 26, pp. 40-47

Investment in education is of great importance for the competitiveness of the German economy. In particular, early … childhood education programs promise high returns - because children can benefit from them even years later and find it easier … to learn new skills. These are the results of research in the field of the economics of education in recent years, at …

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Are employability skills learned in US youth education and training programs?

Lerman, Robert I. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-20

Skills are a central source of high productivity and economic well-being. But what do we mean by productive skills? Both with regard to measurement and policy, the primary focus in the U.S. has been on academic skills, as measured by tests of reading, writing and math abilities and by...

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School closures in Chile : access to quality alternatives in a school choice system

Elacqua, Gregory; Martínez, Matías; Santos, Humberto; … - In: Estudios de economía 39 (2012) 2, pp. 179-202

; education policy ; school closure …

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Frühe Förderung und Betreuung von Kindern: Bedeutende Unterschiede bei der Inanspruchnahme besonders in den ersten Lebensjahren

Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, C. Katharina - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 43, pp. 17-28

Both children and their parents can benefit from early education and child care. We investigate whether the various … mothers with a low level of education with children from other families. The findings show that, with a few exceptions …, particularly younger children from these four groups are underrepresented in formal education and child care in Germany as a whole …

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Economic conditions of government expenditure on education in higher education system

Rozmus, Andrzej; Cyran, Karolina - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 1, pp. 72-84

Higher education institutions are an essential, endogenous element of economic development and take part in resolving … universities and enhancing the quality of didactics and science. -- higher education ; financing higher education …

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Financial development and economic growth : an empirical analysis for Ireland

Adamopoulos, Antonios - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 75-88

This study investigated the relationship between financial development and economic growth for Ireland for the period 1965-2007 using a vector error correction model (VECM). Questions were raised whether financial development causes economic growth or reversely taking into account the positive...

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The role of savings in the economic development of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Bairamli, Nagi; Kostoglou, Vassilis - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 2, pp. 99-110

This article aims to analyze the possibilities of the accumulation and mobilization of savings and their role in the economic development of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Currently, the national economic growth is mostly based on the resource components; crude oil, natural gas and oil products....

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The impact of mining and services industries on the structural change of Australia

Gurrib, Ikhlaas - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 2, pp. 35-51

Both services and mining industries gained relatively more importance in the structural changes occurring, particularly in recent years, where the rate of structural change has increased. The study aims at defragmenting the mining and services industries, and analyses their impacts on structural...

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Cultura postmaterialista y variaciones en el espiritu emprendedor

Pinillos Costa, Maria José - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 1, pp. 37-55

The aim of this paper is to explore whether postmaterialism explains differences in Total entrepreneurial-activity rates across Spanish Autonomous Communities. A distinction is made between potential entrepreneurs, nascent entrepreneurship, new business formation and Established business, as...

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