maandag 13 september 2010
Valuing education Critical thinking
Where do graduates end up doing unskilled work? And earning most? Read the complete article in The Economist here.
Het groepsgevoel van de huisarts
Steeds meer Belgische gemeenten kampen met een tekort aan huisartsen, zo blijkt uit cijfers van het Rijksinstituut voor Ziekte- en Invaliditeitsverzekering (Riziv). De komende jaren zal dat tekort alleen maar aanzwellen. Lees het volledige opiniestuk in Trends hier.
Op weg naar Krugmanland
Op de zijn Econopolis blog onderscheidt Geert Noels 4 zones van landen in functie van de prestaties van de overheidsfinanciën. Wat blijkt? België lijdt aan publieke obesitas. Lees de volledige post hier.
Learning from welfare-to-work approaches around the world
Personalisation – tailored support offered to help people (back) into work – has become a dominant feature of many welfare regimes around the world. The role of the personal adviser is an important aspect of offering more flexible, tailored support into work. While the language may differ from country to country, the challenges that many governments face, such as reducing their welfare bills and improving cost effectiveness, are similar, as is the move towards a focus on getting people into decent jobs that they then retain.
Read this ippr report here.
Does income inequality make us sick? Whether, and (if so) how, income inequality affects personal health
It is an established fact that the level of one’s income affects one’s health. More divisive, however, is the question whether people’s health is also affected by inequalities in income. The latter would imply that not only how much income we have matters for health, but also how much more or less we have of it compared to others. If this is the case, one of the farreaching consequences would be that the benefits that we believe economic growth is to bring about (among others, better health for everyone) become uncertain if we do not also focus on redistribution. In recent years, the question whether income inequality affects health has received a growing scholarly interest and has been repeatedly scrutinized empirically. Unfortunately, however, consensus has not been reached. Far from it, in fact: in the lively debate, time and again an affirmative analysis is set against a negative one, and vice versa. In this review, I expound upon the arguments of both positions and conclude with some indications, which suggest that health might indeed be affected by income inequality.
Read this CSB working paper here.
De samenstelling van de loonkloof in België. Een onderzoek op basis van de Vacature Salarisenquête
De gemiddelde vrouw verdient minder dan de gemiddelde man. Dit loonverschil is niet nieuw en blijkt anno 2010 nog erg hardnekkig. De voorliggende paper handelt over dit verschil tussen de lonen van mannen en vrouwen.
Fiscal planning in Europe: How to improve credibility?
Europe’s fiscal crisis has called into question the fiscal credibility of some of its largest members. This column argues that some elements in the European Commission’s reform proposals may actually weaken accountability instead of strengthening it.
Read this article on Voxeu here.
Les banques centrales ont trouvé un accord
Les représentants des banques centrales et les régulateurs réunis à Bâle ont trouvé un accord sur la réforme du secteur financier, destiné à rendre les établissements plus résistants face à de futures crises.
Lisez l'article dans LLB ici.
Les maisons de repos menacées de fermeture par manque de personnel
Une solution pourrait être d'organiser une formation complémentaire en soins infirmiers dans les écoles.
Lisez l'article dans LLB ici.
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