“…In addition, it highlights the relative strengths and weaknesses of each school system and examines how they are related to individual student characteristics, such as gender, immigrant background and socio-economic status. The volume also explores the role of education in building young people's skills in solving problems collaboratively…”

“…This paper explores the link between skill and qualification mismatch and labour productivity using cross-country industry data for 19 OECD countries. …”

“…A cet égard, une prise de conscience s’est opérée : on s’accorde désormais à penser que des changements structurels fondamentaux sont souvent nécessaires pour que les consommateurs et autres utilisateurs tirent pleinement profit de la concurrence.Cette publication explore la nature et l'impact des règles qui affectent la structure des activités de service public. …”

“…This is in part due the pace of technological innovation, which often exceeds the time it takes for policy makers to create appropriate responses to the changing landscape of intellectual property. This study explores the relations between SME intellectual asset management, innovation and competitiveness in different national and sectoral contexts. …”

“…Unconditional and conditional quantile regressions are used to explore the determinants of labour earnings at different parts of the distribution and, hence, the determinants of overall labour earnings inequality. …”

“…Each round of the survey also allows to track changes over time and to explore new emerging issues. The new survey confirms the importance of providing the right economic incentives for influencing our decisions. …”

“…In this paper the OECD’s interlink model is used to explore several possible channels through which a narrowing of the US current account deficit could occur. …”

“…Overall, euro-area countries appear to have made relatively good progress in structural reform but it is much less clear from the descriptive evidence whether progress can be ascribed to membership of Economic and Monetary Union. To explore further the role of monetary regime for structural reform, the paper undertakes an econometric examination of the likelihood that countries undertake reform in five specific areas of labour and product market policies. …”

“…This paper explores the productivity impact of trade, product market and financial market policies over the last decade in China – a fast growing country where, despite significant reform action, regulatory stance remains still far from OECD standards. …”

“…However, the broad bulk of small firms are not capitalising on their advantages. This book explores how government policy can boost innovation by improving the environment for entrepreneurship and small firm development and increasing the innovative capacities of enterprises. …”

“…Pour mieux saisir ces défis, ce rapport explore les perspectives du secteur agro-alimentaire à l'horizon 2010-2020 et examine l'ensemble de nouvelles questions de fond qui attendent gouvernements, industriels, exploitants agricoles et consommateurs…”

“…This report, the last in the OECD series Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers, synthesises the project’s findings and explores the possible factors behind the paradox described above. …”

“…The report focuses on lower secondary teachers (ISCED 2) in different education systems and looks at cross-cultural differences in teacher professionalism. It explores how teacher professionalism is linked to policy-relevant teacher outcomes such as perceived status, satisfaction with profession and school environment or perceived self-efficacy. …”

“…L'édition 2021, dorénavant publiée en début d'année, explore le potentiel de la transformation digitale pour créer des emplois de qualité et réaliser l'Agenda 2063, en vue de renforcer la résilience des économies africaines face à la récession mondiale déclenchée par la pandémie de COVID-19. …”

“…In recognition of this, TALIS explores key policies and practices that shape the learning environment. …”

“…Les causes, les enjeux et les outils de réponse régionaux sont examinés à partir d’études de cas. Cette publication explore ensuite une dimension relativement récente de l’insécurité : les terrorismes. …”

“…The New Economy: Beyond the Hype looks past the elation and gloom to help policymakers think and act with the facts. It explores the causes of the discrepancy in economic performance in the OECD area. …”

“…This book examines the concept of the compact city and the implication of the current urban context for compact city policies. It explores their potential outcomes, particularly in terms of how it can contribute to Green Growth and looks at developing indicators to monitor compact city and track policy performance. …”

“…The opportunities arising from each of these motor milestones are profound and open new and exciting possibilities for exploration and interactions, and learning. Consequently, several theoretical accounts of child development suggest that growth in cognitive, social, and perceptual domains are influences by infants’ own motor experiences. …”

“…Resistance to continuing education is a possible action against continuing education and learning that is barely empirical explored and undertheorized yet. Starting with previous studies about resistance to education and about resistance in other disciplines this research outlines a critical theory on refusal based on a negativ-dialectical approach. …”