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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development"”.
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Financial Literacy across the Commonwealth of Independent States: a Comprehensive Cross-Country Analysis with a Focus on Gender Disparities
In an increasingly complex financial world, financial literacy and sound financial decision- making have become essential tools. This thesis conducts a detailed examination of the levels of financial literacy and its components, including financial knowledge, behavior, attitude, and well-being …
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Factors That Foster or Hinder Student Reading Motivation in a Suburban Primary School
Readingtakes a large amount of effort, but if students are without the motivation to read, they will put little effort into the task of reading (Guthrie, Perencevich, Tonks, and Wigfield, 2004). According to the report of the International Student Assessment (PISA) results of the sixty-four …
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An Exploration of Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions for Eating Behaviors Using LLM-Based Messages
Eating behavior is one of the most critical components of weight loss and a vital contributor to weight loss management. Adults labeled as obese according to world-renown scientific organizations number more than 1.9 billion, with the United States classified as the OECD (Organization for Economic …
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Cutting class: Educator perspectives on teacher absenteeism in Brazil
According to research performed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2008, 32% of Brazilian teachers work in schools whose principals complain of constant teacher absences. This placed Brazil in 8th position out of 23 other OECD countries involved in the …
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An investigation into the effects of winning the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on the performance of hospitals/healthcare systems
The efficiency and efficacy of the U.S. healthcare system has been in question for decades. We spend more per capita than any other industrialized nation while consistently realizing inferior health outcomes for our population as a whole when compared with many industrialized nations. In 1965, the …
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A Mechanism Approach to the Sociology of Teachers’ and Students’ Actions: Teaching Practice, Student Disengagement and Instructional Materials
… purpose of this dissertation is to describe and explain teachers’ and students’ actions related to instruction in compulsory education classrooms in Sweden. In order to approach these issues, I will focus on social mechanisms (processes) that can explain teachers’ and students’ actions in the …
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Inclusion Of Students With Disabilities: An International Perspective
… was delimited to only those English-speaking countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. The researcher examined many aspects of the education of students with disabilities in each country and how that attributed to the extent in which students …
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Evaluating an Online Course’s Capacity to Promote Self-Authoring Consciousness: Assessing the Developmental Impact of a Scalable Intervention on Adults’ Stage of Ego Development
… of a six-year long multi-national research collaboration conducted by the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), referenced Kegan’s ‘self- authoring order of mental complexity’ (also known as ‘self-authoring consciousness’) – as, overall, the capacity most needed “for …
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Three essays on economic growth and the environment: A comparative analysis of developed and developing countries
This dissertation extends our understanding of the relationships among economic growth, the environment and well-being. It is motivated by the facts that (i) global environmental change and environmental degradation are major policy concerns among world leaders, policymakers and scholars due to …
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Family leave policy and child health: Evidence from 19 OECD countries from 1969 to 2010
… of family leave policy on eight child health outcomes - five age specific child mortality rates (infant, perinatal, neonatal, post-neonatal, and child mortality rates), low birth weight, and immunization rates for measles and DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus) across 19 Organisation for …
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A critical analysis of SARS' implementation of Advance Pricing Agreements
Though the concept of transfer pricing has been in existence for over a century, it continues to evolve over time while remaining a topical issue globally. The increase in cross-border transactions by multinational enterprises due to globalisation and internationalisation has increased the …
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The Dynamics of Eurasian Comprehensive Security, Political and Economic Cooperation
… I begin with the discussion of the philosophical and historical concept of Eurasia (Chapter No 2.). This contains an overview on contemporary political and security concerns of the great powers in Eurasia and a deep analytical study of philosophy and history of the terms Eurasianism(s), followed …