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27 Mar 2008
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English
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Fair Access to Higher Education: Analysis of a Targeted Incentive Educational Policy
Charlotte Le Chapelain, Pages: 1–15
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Higher Education Management and Policy
Social inequality with regard to education seems to be mainly the result of two factors: the reduced success of certain socio-economical categories within the education system and distinct educational requirements once the compulsory education ...
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27 Mar 2008
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English
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Assessment of Higher Education Personnel: Comparative Study of France and Finland
Emmanuel Salmon, Pages: 1–22
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Higher Education Management and Policy
The requirement to assess public employees is increasing within European public services. Dictated by budgetary imperatives and performance improvement concerns, it is becoming the norm in all administrations. One of the most sensitive areas of ...
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27 Mar 2008
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English
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From Public University Dominance to Private University Policy Initiatives in Nigeria: The Push and Pull Factors
Gboyeaga Ilusanya, S. A. Oyebade, Pages: 1–18
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Higher Education Management and Policy
This study evaluated the precipitating and debilitating factors that occurred in the emergence and growth of the private university system in Nigeria. Three research questions guided the analysis and examined enrolment patterns in seven pre-2003 ...
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27 Mar 2008
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English
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Long-term Human Outcomes of a "Shotgun" Marriage in Higher Education: Anatomy of a Merger, Two Decades Later
Rosalind M. O. Pritchard, Arthur Williamson, Pages: 1–23
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Higher Education Management and Policy
This article addresses a gap in the research literature on mergers in higher education by giving special consideration to the human resource dimension. It focuses on the forced merger of two higher education institutions that was implemented in ...
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31 Jan 2008
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Article
English
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Budgeting in Austria
Jón R. Blöndal, Daniel Bergvall, Pages: 1–37
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
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31 Jan 2008
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Article
English
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A Principal-Agent Theory Approach to Public Expenditure Management Systems in Developing Countries
Luc Leruth, Elisabeth Paul, Pages: 1–29
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
A well-functioning public expenditure management system is considered a critical pillar of government efficiency. This article discusses PEM systems in developing countries using an analytical framework based on principal-agent theory. This simple ...
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31 Jan 2008
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English
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Role of the Legislature in the Budget Process: Recent Trends and Innovations
Paul L. Posner, Chung-Keun Park, Pages: 1–26
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
This article provides a broad historical and conceptual overview of the evolution of legislative roles in budgeting, and assesses the potential consequences of expanded roles. By analysing country budget institutions and practices, the article ...
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31 Jan 2008
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English
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Off-budget Expenditure: An Economic and Political Framework
Allen Schick, Pages: 1–32
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
This paper, originally presented at the 1981 meeting of the OECD Working Party of Senior Budget Officials, discusses the fundamental purposes of budgeting and explores how off-budget expenditures weaken a government’s financial control. The paper ...
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31 Jan 2008
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English
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Performance Budgeting in Australia
Lewis Hawke, Pages: 1–15
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
This article describes how the principles of management for results have worked in practice over the past two decades in Australia. The current performance information framework involves, among other things, the accrual-based outcomes and outputs ...
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31 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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The Measurement of Globalisation using International Imput-Outpout Tables
Koen De Backer, Norihiko Yamano, Pages: 32
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
One of the distinctive characteristics of the current globalisation process is the emergence of global
value chains. Within global value chains and international production networks, not only are final goods
traded internationally, but intermediate goods (parts and components) and, in recent...
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21 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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School Accountability, Autonomy, Choice, and the Level of Student Achievement: International Evidence from PISA 2003
Ludger Wöbmann, Elke Lüdemann, Gabriela Schütz, Martin R. West, Pages: 86
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OECD Education Working Papers
Accountability, autonomy, and choice play a leading role in recent school reforms in many countries.
This report provides new evidence on whether students perform better in school systems that have such
institutional measures in place. We implement an internationally comparative approach within...
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21 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Broadband and ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals
OECD, Pages: 85
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
This study analyses the use of Internet and broadband in detail, showing that people’s socio-economic standing have a direct bearing on how they are used.
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21 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
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School Accountability, Autonomy, Choice, and the Equity of Student Achievement: International Evidence from PISA 2003
Gabriela Schütz, Martin R. West, Ludger Wöbmann, Pages: 56
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OECD Education Working Papers
School systems aspire to provide equal opportunity for all, irrespective of socio-economic status
(SES). Much of the criticism of recent school reforms that introduce accountability, autonomy, and choice
emphasizes their potentially negative consequences for equity. This report provides new...
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20 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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The Wage Premium on Tertiary Education: New Estimates for 21 OECD Countries
Hubert Strauss, Christine de la Maisonneuve, Pages: 64
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper presents cross-section estimates of gross hourly wage premia on tertiary education. They are
based on a unified framework for 21 OECD countries from the 1990s to the early 2000s and use
international household surveys to maximise international comparability. The results of the...
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20 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
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Improving Incentives in Tertiary Education in Belgium
Jens Høj, Pages: 23
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The tertiary education system has been transformed from an elite-oriented system to a system
providing tertiary education to a much larger share of each new generation. This re-orientation has
contributed to raising education attainment in Belgium. However, in many respects the organisation...
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20 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Making Federalism Work in Italy
Alexandra Bibbee, Pages: 42
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Fiscal federalism can be an important complement to structural reforms and budget consolidation. Empowering sub national governments, while at the same time making them accountable to local citizens in the uses of tax money, could improve the allocation of public resources and promote catch up...
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20 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
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Solow or Lucas?: Testing Growth Models Using Panel Data from OECD Countries
Jens Arnold, Andrea Bassanini, Stefano Scarpetta, Pages: 28
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
In this paper, we test whether the growth experience of a sample of OECD countries over the past three decades
is more consistent with the human-capital augmented Solow model of exogenous growth, or with an endogenous
growth model à la Uzawa-Lucas with constant returns to scale to "broad"...
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20 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
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The Private Internal Rates of Return to Tertiary Education: New Estimates for 21 OECD Countries
Romina Boarini, Hubert Strauss, Pages: 64
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This study provides estimates of the private Internal Rates of Return (IRR) to tertiary education for women
and men in 21 OECD countries, for the years between 1991 and 2005. IRR are computed by estimating
labour market premia on cross-country comparable individual-level data. Labour market...
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20 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
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Enhancing the Benefits of Financial Liberalisation in Belgium
Stefan Ide, Jens Høj, Patrick Lenain, Pages: 35
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The Belgian financial landscape has been transformed over the past two decades and now consists of
a relatively large, well-functioning and internationally integrated financial sector contributing directly
and indirectly, through its intermediary function, to long-term economic growth. One of...
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19 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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IPTV: Market Developments and Regulatory Treatment
OECD, Pages: 42
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
This paper examines current market trends and regulation for IPTV and also provides information on developments in the provision of IPTV service in a number of OECD countries.
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