Getting Skills Right Financial Incentives to Promote Adult Learning in Australia

Getting Skills Right Financial Incentives to Promote Adult Learning in Australia

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-08-22

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9264406948

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This report summarises the advantages and disadvantages with various financial incentives to promote adult learning based on international and Australian experience. Drawing from these insights, as well as analysis of individual and firm-level barriers, the report provides policy recommendations for how Australia could reform its financial incentives to boost participation.


Getting Skills Right Incentives for SMEs to Invest in Skills Lessons from European Good Practices

Getting Skills Right Incentives for SMEs to Invest in Skills Lessons from European Good Practices

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-12-17

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9264347488

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Workers’ skills are an essential asset for firms to recover from the COVID-19 shock and succeed in the twin digital and green transitions. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) face special barriers to investing in human capital because of their size and more limited access to information and capital markets. This report identifies policies that are successful in promoting SMEs’ investment in the skills of employees, managers or entrepreneurs.


Getting Skills Right Continuous Learning in Working Life in Finland

Getting Skills Right Continuous Learning in Working Life in Finland

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-02-19

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9264635491

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Skill shortages in the Finnish labour market are increasingly apparent and there are growing concerns about the supply of higher-level skills, given demographic change and stagnating educational attainment levels. Finland’s skill development system must get future-ready. This report analyses the status quo of the Finnish continuous learning system for adults, highlights its key challenges and makes actionable policy recommendations.


Getting Skills Right: Future-Ready Adult Learning Systems

Getting Skills Right: Future-Ready Adult Learning Systems

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-02-13

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9264311750

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With digitalisation, deepening globalisation and population ageing, the world of work is changing. The extent to which individuals, firms and economies can harness the benefits of these changes critically depends on the readiness of adult learning systems to help people develop relevant skills ...


Getting Skills Right Continuing Education and Training in Germany

Getting Skills Right Continuing Education and Training in Germany

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-04-23

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9264328440

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Germany has a strong skill development system. The country’s 15‐year‐old students performed above the OECD average in the last (2018) edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), continuing a trend of significant improvement since PISA’s first edition in 2000.