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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington +2 more
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Toward achieving smart cities in Africa: challenges to data use and the way forward
Data & PolicyThe advent of smart and digital cities is bringing data to the forefront as a critical resource for addressing the multifaceted transitions faced by African cities from rapid urbanization to the climate crisis.
Ernest Agyemang +3 more
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Old and New Asset Boundaries: A Review Article on Measuring Capital in the New Economy [PDF]
International Productivity Monitor, 2007 In modern economies, technical change is rapid and competitive edges of companies are closely related to 'intangible' capital. While some intangibles are covered by established capital measures in the national accounts, many are outside the measurement ...
Paul Schreyer
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Guiding principles for mixture threshold derivation from effect biomarkers [PDF]
Project participation - National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Portugal: Henriqueta Louro, Maria João Silva; João Teixeira.Foreword: Currently available assessment approaches for cumulative risk of chemical mixtures can only be applicable
OECD Environment Directorate Chemicals and Biotechnology Committee
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Key Employment Policy Challenges Faced by OECD Countries
OECD countries as a whole have experienced modest annual output growth of some 2 1/2 per cent over the past four years. But unemployment remains unacceptably high -- having fallen only slightly from its peak of 38 million in 1993 to the current 35 ...
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow +9 more
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OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding [PDF]
, 2007 In January 2004, Ministers of science and technology of OECD countries met in Paris and discussed the need for international guidelines on access to research data. At that meeting, the governments of the 30 OECD countries and of China, Israel, Russia and
OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
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Benchmarking Canada’s Economic Performance [PDF]
International Productivity Monitor, 2006 While Canada's economic record over the past decade or so is enviable, GDP per capita remains distinctly below US levels, reflecting a sizeable productivity gap.
Jean-Philippe Cotis
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The anatomy of job polarisation in the UK
Journal for Labour Market Research, 2018 This paper studies the contribution of different skill groups to the polarisation of the UK labour market. We show that the large increase in graduate numbers contributed to the substantial reallocation of employment from middling to top occupations ...
Andrea Salvatori
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OECD Submission to the UK Low Pay Commission
A. Introduction This submission provides a brief factual survey of statutory minimum wage systems in OECD countries (Section B) as well as a summary of recommendations concerning minimum wages which have been presented in the OECD Jobs Study and recent ...
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