Understanding the paradox of primary teacher shortage in low‐income countries: Insights from Malawi
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Malawi faces a persistent and chronic teacher shortage, particularly at the primary school level, with much of the challenge attributed to teacher supply constraints. While the causes of teacher shortages are known to be complex and context‐dependent, there remains a lack of in‐depth, country‐specific research to guide effective policies ...
Peter Mtika, Edward M. Sosu
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Unemployment Duration Before and After New Deal [PDF]
A major active labour market policy - the New Deal for Young People (NDYP) - was introduced throughout the UK in 1998. We examine its effects on unemployment duration by estimating hazard functions for unemployment outflows before and after its ...
Jan M Podivinsky, McVicar, Duncan
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Unemployment duration among immigrants and natives: unobserved heterogeneity in a multi-spell duration model [PDF]
, 2008 This paper studies whether the unemployment dynamics of immigrants differ from those of natives, paying special attention to the impact of accounting for unobserved heterogeneity among individuals.
García Pérez, J. Ignacio +3 more
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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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Modeling unemployment duration, determinants and insurance premium pricing of Malaysia: insights from an upper middle-income developing country. [PDF]
SN Bus Econ, 2022 Khoo WC, Yeah KL, Hong SY.
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Duration of Regional Unemployment Spells in Slovenia [PDF]
The paper begins with an overview of the unemployment rate in Slovenia and focuses on duration of unemployment and regional characteristics of the unemployment rates.
Darja Borsic, Alenka Kavkler
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What works in internal alternative provision? A salutogenic analysis
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Schools across England are setting up ‘internal alternative provision’ to meet the social, emotional and mental health needs of increasing numbers of pupils at risk of suspension, exclusion and absence. However, there is little guidance about what good practice looks like.
Emma Simpson
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The Structure of Unemployment in Poland and the European Union Between 2000 and 2012
Comparative Economic Research, 2014 This paper has two main objectives. The first is to show changes in the levels of unemployment and unemployment rates in Poland and other European Union countries and to explain why the Polish rates are relatively high.
Walentyna Kwiatkowska
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Visual representation of work as a social determinant of health: Augmenting Silver et al., Employment status, unemployment duration, and health-related metrics among US adults of prime working age. [PDF]
Am J Ind Med, 2022 Silver SR, Li J, Quay B.
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Computerization and Rising Unemployment Duration [PDF]
With a given unemployment rate, duration of joblessness can vary substantially. The unemployment rate will be the same if four million workers are unemployed for three months on average, as when one million workers loose their jobs for a full year.
Edward N. Wolff
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