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Peer to Peer Networks in OECD Countries
The number of people logged on simultaneously to popular file sharing networks approached close to 10 million in April 2004, a rise of 30% from the same period a year earlier, according to this new OECD report.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article considers how teachers' professional development could be redeveloped to help address the current crisis in teacher recruitment and retention by offering greater intellectual rigour and more opportunities for intellectual growth. Our analysis is focused on the UK government's current policy for leadership development in schools in
Mark Innes +2 more
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Panel dataset on de jure central bank independence in 21 OECD countries (excluding the Eurozone)
Data in BriefThis panel dataset provides an assessment of the independence of central banks in 21 OECD countries (excluding the Eurozone), focusing on their monetary policy autonomy as determined by legislation in 2010, 2015, and 2020.
Tomáš Pokorný +2 more
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Energy and GDP analysis of OECD countries
Energy Conversion and Management, 1997 For a country (either developed or less developed) to understand the role of energy use at the national level, it is necessary to understand the relationship of energy use to economic activity and social well-being, and the relationship between energy and GDP indicates the economic development of a country.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Education policy changes are believed to influence teachers' continuing professional learning (CPL) needs, but there is limited empirical evidence to support these claims. This lack of deep understanding has significant practical implications. This study used a new circular conceptual framework to analyse teachers' CPL needs. Leveraging public
Rikkert M. van der Lans +6 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Despite a growing international consensus that students need to be provided with the type of education that effectively prepares them to engage in and contribute to their globalised world, and that teachers need to be appropriately trained to facilitate this teaching and learning, ‘global education’ continues to be hindered by a lack of ...
Sarah‐Louise Jones +2 more
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First-Generation Graduates in OECD Countries
Abstract This paper examines earnings differences between first-generation and continuing-generation college graduates across 23 OECD countries using data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC). In all but one of the countries analysed, first-generation graduates earn less than their peers from college-educated families, with an average ...
Michele Pellizzari, Alessandro Fabbri
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The consequences of Fiscal Episodes in OECD Countries for Aid Supply [PDF]
This paper contributes to the established literature both on the side of fiscal consolidation (for e.g. Alesina and Perotti 1995; Alesina et al. 2010) and that of aid supplies (for e.g.
Sena Kimm GNANGNON
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper critically analyses how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explores how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
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Problemy Ekorozwoju, 2018 This paper investigates the long-run relationships among environmental performance, political stability, and trade openness for 126 countries as well as the sub-samples of OECD and non-OECD countries, using the panel cointegration and panel-based error ...
Jing Niu +3 more
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