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16 Jan 2012
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The impact of the Bologna Process on academic staff in Ukraine
Marta A. Shaw, David W. Chapman, Nataliya L. Rumyantseva, Pages: 1–21
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Higher Education Management and Policy
Academic staff in Ukraine face a convergence of institutional and professional pressures precipitated by a national economic crisis, projected declines in enrolment and dramatic changes to institutional procedures as institutions implement the ...
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16 Jan 2012
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Critical masses for academic research groups and consequences for higher education research policy and management
Ralph Kenna, Bertrand Berche, Pages: 1–21
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Higher Education Management and Policy
Smaller universities may produce research which is on a par with larger, elite establishments. This is confirmed by a recently developed mathematical model, supported by data from British and French higher education research-evaluation exercises ...
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16 Jan 2012
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The economics of teaching: what lies behind student-faculty ratios?
Andrea Schenker-Wicki, Matthias Inauen, Pages: 1–20
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Higher Education Management and Policy
The student-faculty ratio is of great significance to policy makers and media as a popular measure of education and teaching quality. Due to its simplicity and the availability of data, it is often used in higher education policy for allocating ...
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16 Jan 2012
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Lost in translation: aligning strategies for research in New Zealand
Jennie Billot, Andrew Codling, Pages: 1–21
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Higher Education Management and Policy
In New Zealand, the funding of higher education research has been influenced by revised policy-driven imperatives. Amidst the institutional reactions to new criteria for governmental funding, individual academics are being asked to increase their ...
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16 Jan 2012
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Comparing higher education reforms in Finland and Portugal: different contexts, same solutions?
Jaakko Kauko, Sara Diogo, Pages: 1–20
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Higher Education Management and Policy
This article provides a comparative analysis of recent governance reforms in both Finnish and Portuguese higher education institutions (HEIs), following the OECD’s recent reviews of both countries’ tertiary education systems. While in the case of ...
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21 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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Revisiting MDG Cost Estimates from a Domestic Resource Mobilisation Perspective
Vararat Atisophon, Jesus Bueren, Gregory De Paepe, Christopher Garroway, Jean-Philippe Stijns, Pages: 66
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
This paper aims at providing an estimate of the resource envelope required in order to
achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on the global level. As widely
acknowledged by previous contributors to this literature, modelling the cost of achieving the
MDGs poses many data and...
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21 Dec 2011
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Public Spending Efficiency in the Czech Republic: Fiscal Policy Framework and the Main Spending Areas of Pensions and Healthcare
Zuzana Smidova, Pages: 43
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The Czech fiscal position is generally sound and policy making is prudent. However, the fiscal framework was not strong enough to contain spending in the upturn and it would benefit from independent budget oversight. An anchor for the fiscal policy would be helpful, in the form of an explicit...
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21 Dec 2011
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Exploring Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing in OECD Countries: Evidence from the World Value Survey
Sarah Fleche, Conal Smith, Piritta Sorsa, Pages: 42
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The paper explores issues with assessing wellbeing in OECD countries based on self-reported life satisfaction surveys in a pooled regression over time and countries, at the country level and the OECD average. The results, which are in line with previous studies of subjective wellbeing, show...
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21 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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Current Issues in Managing Government Debt and Assets
Lukasz Rawdanowicz, Eckhard Wurzel, Patrice Ollivaud, Pages: 37
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The management of government debt and assets has important implications for fiscal positions. Debt managers aim to secure non-interrupted funding at lowest medium-term costs subject to risks. Massive crisis-related increases in government debt in most OECD countries and increased risks on the...
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21 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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A Welfare Analysis of Climate Change Mitigation Policies
Alain de Serres, Fabrice Murtin, Pages: 29
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper assesses some welfare consequences of climate change mitigation policies. In the same vein as Becker, Philipson and Soares (2005), a simple index of economic progress weighs in the monetary cost induced by mitigation policies as well as the health benefits arising from the reduction...
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20 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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Compilation of Bilateral Trade Database by Industry and End-Use Category
Shiguang Zhu, Norihiko Yamano, Agnès Cimper, Pages: 44
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
During the last decade, the volume of international trade has increased significantly as international
economic integration has deepened, especially in emerging countries, and national industrial structures
have become increasingly aligned with international trade in intermediate goods. The...
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20 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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Digital Divide: From Computer Access to Online Activities – A Micro Data Analysis
Pierre Montagnier, Albrecht Wirthmann, Pages: 73
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
This study addresses issues of digital divide among households and individuals by using micro-data analysis of ICT usage patterns. The analysis includes data from 18 European countries, Korea and Canada. Inequalities in computer and Internet use are analysed in a two-step approach. First, the...
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19 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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Russia: Progress in Structural Reform and Framework Conditions
Yana Vaziakova, Geoff Barnard, Tatiana Lysenko, Pages: 21
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
In the 16 years since the OECD began conducting Economic Surveys of the Russian Federation, a great many policy recommendations relating to structural reform and framework conditions have been made. This paper, expanding on Annex 1.A1 in the 2011 OECD Economic Survey of the Russian Federation,...
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19 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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Reassessing the NAIRUs after the Crisis
Stéphanie Guichard, Elena Rusticelli, Pages: 28
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The financial crisis has resulted in a substantial increase in unemployment in the OECD. This paper shows that this increase has reversed the reduction in structural unemployment which has been estimated to have occurred in most OECD countries since the late 1990s. Structural unemployment is...
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19 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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Explaining the Interest-Rate-Growth Differential Underlying Government Debt Dynamics
David Turner, Francesca Spinelli, Pages: 29
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The differential between the interest rate paid to service government debt and the growth rate of the economy is a key concept in assessing fiscal sustainability. Among OECD economies, this differential was unusually low for much of the last decade compared with the 1980s and the first half of...
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19 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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Imports, Innovation and Employment after Crisis: Evidence from a Developing Country
Caroline Paunov, Pages: 40
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
Imports are often perceived as a threat to employment. However, access to imported intermediate inputs can be essential to stimulate innovation and generate employment. We investigate this question based on a unique dataset of Ecuadorian manufacturing firms, their final products and...
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16 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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Employment Protection Legislation and Plant-Level Productivity in India
Sean Dougherty, Verónica Frisancho Robles, Kala Krishna, Pages: 47
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Using plant-level data from the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) for the fiscal years from 1998-99 through
2007-08, this study provides plant-level cross-state/time-series evidence of the impact of employment protection
legislation (EPL) on total factor productivity (TFP) and labour...
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15 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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The Territorial Dimension of the European Social Fund: A Local Approach for Local Jobs?
Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Pawel Chorazy, Tamara Weyman, Monika Gawron, Pages: 73
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OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working Papers
The European Union Treaty of Lisbon brought a new dimension to cohesion – the territorial dimension, which has become one of the most frequently discussed aspects for achieving cohesion and, at the same time, one of the challenges for EU policies. The ‘territorial dimension’ determines many...
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15 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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An Economic Projection to 2050: The OECD "ENV-Linkages" Model Baseline
Jean Chateau, Cuauhtemoc Rebolledo, Rob Dellink, Pages: 35
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OECD Environment Working Papers
This document describes economic baseline projections to 2050 for several world regions. It describes
how socio-economic drivers are used to create a consistent projection of economic activity for the coming
decades, applying the general framework of "conditional convergence". This economic...
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13 Dec 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
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Improving Educational Outcomes in Slovenia
Mehmet Eris, Pages: 44
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Overall, the education system fares well by international comparison. Slovenia has one of the highest shares of the population aged 25 to 64 to have completed at least upper secondary education, and ranks high in international educational achievement tests. Nevertheless, in some areas, reforms...
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