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Does one size fit all? The impact of cognitive skills on economic growth
2016
Les Documents de Travail de l'IREDU, n°2016-1; This paper tests for heterogeneous effects of cognitive skills on economic growth across countries. Using a new extended dataset on cognitive skills and controlling for potential endogeneity, we find that the magnitude of the effect is about 60 per cent higher for low-income countries compared to high-income countries, and it more than doubles when low TFP countries are compared to high TFP countries. There are also marked differences across geographic regions. Using data on the share of the population with advanced and minimum skill levels, our results also indicate that high-income countries should focus on increasing the number of high skill…
Testing the long-run relationship between health expenditures and GDP in the presence of structural change: the case of Spain
2007
This article examines the long-run relationship between per capita US$ PPP health expenditures (HE) and per capita US$ PPP national income (GDP), using Spanish data over the period 1960 to 2001. We extend previous analyses by addressing the question of whether this relationship is stable over time, allowing for structural changes at an unknown date. Our empirical results are consistent with the existence of a long-run relationship between both variables, with two structural changes in 1971 and 1991. On the other hand, health would have been characterized as a luxury commodity, even though increasingly less over time.
Latvijas autoceļu remontdeficīta samazināšana
2012
ANOTĀCIJA. Promocijas darba mērķis ir, izpētīt autoceļu resursu sadales problēmas, atklāt pozitīvos momentus un trūkumus ceļu uzturēšanas un resursu sadales shēmā, kā arī izstrādāt priekšlikumus Latvijas autoceļu remontdeficīta samazināšanai. Darbs ir sakārtots trīs apjomīgās nodaļās, atbilstoši darba uzdevumiem. Pirmajā nodaļā autore apskata virkni pamatjautājumu, kas saistīti ar autotransporta nozares nozīmi Latvijas tautsaimniecībā. Tiek noteiks transporta nozares mērķis un galvenie šī mērķa sasniegšanai izvirzītie stratēģiskie virzieni un uzdevumi, tiek noteiktas transporta nozares stiprās un vājās puses, iespējas un draudi. Tiek noteiktas galvenās transporta nozares attīstības tendence…
Sociālā kapitāla elementu izpēte un novērtējums ekonomikas attīstības kontekstā Latvijā
2016
Promocijas darba mērķis ir izpētīt sociālā kapitāla struk tūru Latvijas novados, identificēt sociālā kapitāla īpatnības un ietekmes veidus, izstrādā t kritērijus sociālā kapitāla novērtēšanai. Promocijas darba ietvaros veikts sociālā kapitāla pētīju ms novadu ekonomiskās attīstības kontekstā. Pirmā nodaļa ietver teorētisko pamatojumu, sociālā kapitāla struktūras elementu klasifikāciju un piedāvā sociālā kapitāla ietekmes uz n ovadu ekonomisko attīstību konceptuālu modeli. Otrajā nodaļā sniegts empīriskajā pētījumā ietv erto novadu izvēles pamatojums un ietverti izvēlēto novadu profili. Promocijas darba trešā daļa ietver pētījuma metodoloģiju, pētījuma norises aprakstu, pētījuma rezultātus u…
Inégalités d’orientation et inégalités scolaires : les enseignements d’une expérimentation menée en France dans les quartiers défavorisés
2023
En France comme dans de nombreux pays, les inégalités d’orientation jouent un rôle majeur dans les inégalités scolaires. Une dynamique de sélection et d’auto-sélection va progressivement structurer les trajectoires des élèves en fonction de leur origine sociale à différents paliers d’orientationCette communication se propose d’examiner ce lien entre projet professionnel et ambitions scolaires en s’appuyant sur l’évaluation d’une expérimentation mise en place dans le cadre du Fonds d’Expérimentation de la Jeunesse (FEJ) de l’Institut National de la Jeunesse et de l'Education Populaire (INJEP-Ministère de l’Education Nationale), pour aider les collégiens de quartiers défavorisés dans leur ori…
A New Educational Model to Train Parents for a Successful Upbringing of Children: A European Cross-national Study
2013
Abstract The quality of parenting skills is fundamental to the children's well-being. The project “BE Supportive, NOT violent! Positive parenting for happy children!”, funded by the European Commission, proposes a new model of positive parenting to provide and reinforce parents’ knowledge, resources and tools to achieve a positive relationship and communication with their children. The model has been implemented twice with parents from Romania, Spain, Latvia, Poland, Italy and Sweden with positive results.
Les inspections primaires de l'éducation nationale : dotations, pratiques et effets sur le fonctionnement des écoles et les acquis des élèves
1997
This article analyses first the variety in the characteristics of local school inspectorates both in the quantitative (number of teachers) and in the qualitative (social background and geographic dispersion) dimensions. In relation to these, the article examines tne level of endowment (staffing and material) of the inpectorates and concludes to the lack of relationship between the resources mobilized and the needs at the local level. Then the practises of the inspectors and of their teams are described and here again a wide variety does exist across the different inspectorates in the administrative, relational and pedagogical dimensions of their activity (this variety in practices shows no …
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT IN SCIENCE NATIONAL LEVEL DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
2018
National Centre of Education of the Republic of Latvia in 2016 lunched national project of the renewal of the curriculum for education funded by the European Social Fund. One of the key priorities of successful implementation of the new education curriculum is transforming national level assessment system.Assessment system measuring student performance must meet different requirements from the traditional measurement instrument assessing content knowledge.Analysing 2017 national level science assessment diagnostic tests of 15-16 years old students, it is impossible to discriminate student different level of performance. Student, demonstrating singly stored pieces of knowledge, integrating p…
Coherence of Work Based Learning and Regional Development in Latvia
2014
Integration of young people into the labour market is an issue of a high priority. The youth unemployment problem has explicit links to the vocational education and training (VET) system. Since 2009 there is an ongoing reform in the Latvian VET system. In this respect also the role of local governments increases. The paper addresses the issue of introducing innovative approaches in the Latvian VET system. The aim of the study is to estimate the overall readiness of public administrations to implement VET reforms within regional economic development in the context of the EU and national strategic priorities.
Measuring Female Entrepreneurs’ Happiness from Online Feedback
2019
Entrepreneurship provides an important solution to the unemployment problem. This is also very important in economic growth. It has financial, psychological and social risks while taking the situation into consideration. In addition, women’s participation in the work force has a vital importance in Turkey’s national income. Nearly 8.5% of women are in management, or in decision-making positions. It is important to measure happiness of these female workforce in order to understand and manage their feelings. Our previous study investigated successful women happiness and ideas about being entrepreneurial women in Turkey to discover the factors of the happy women entrepreneurs’ success in busin…