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Among 25-34 year-olds with a tertiary degree, the proportion of those who obtained at least a master’s or equivalent degree varies from 4% in Chile to 79% in the Slovak Republic. Tertiary attainment also varies across generations: while 49% of tertiary-educated 25-34 year-olds have a bachelor’s or equivalent degree as their highest educational attainment, this falls to 39% among 55-64 year-olds. Employment prospects tend to improve with tertiary attainment levels: the average employment rate of 25-34 year-olds with a doctorate is 88%, for those with a master’s or equivalent degree it is 84% and for those with at most a short-cycle or a bachelor’s degree it is around 80%. In some countries, however, increased tertiary attainment is not associated with improved employment prospects among 25-34 year-olds, except for doctorate holders. In other countries, short-cycle tertiary graduates are more likely to be employed than those with a bachelor’s degree. |
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| Chapter B: Financial and human resources invested in education |
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| Public/private funding (share of private/public funding; trend in funding) | ||
| EDIF 18 | What is the impact of the economic crisis on public education spending? | Blog |
| EDIF 8 | Is increasing private expenditure, especially in tertiary education, associated with less public funding and less equitable access? | Blog |
| EDIF 41 | How much do tertiary students pay and what public support do they receive? | Blog |
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Current/capital expenditure (expenditure on teaching staff, on building...) |
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| EDIF 12 | Which factors determine the level of expenditure on teaching staff? | Blog |
| Tuition fees and financial support to students | ||
| EDIF 2 | How are countries around the world supporting students in higher education? |
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| Chapter C: Access to education, participation and progression |
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| Initial education (children in pre-primary to tertiary education) | ||
| EDIF 33 | Focus on vocational education and training (VET) programmes | Blog |
| EDIF 15 | How are university students changing? | Blog |
| EDIF 19 | What are tertiary students choosing to study? | Blog |
| EDIF 42 | What are the benefits from early childhood education? | Blog |
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Adult education (continuing education, lifelong learning) |
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| EDIF 26 | Learning Begets Learning: Adult Participation in Lifelong Education | Blog |
| International mobility (student studying abroad) | ||
| EDIF 14 | How is international student mobility shaping up? | Blog |
| EDIF 39 | Blog | |
| Transition from school to work (employment and education status) | ||
| EDIF 13 | How difficult is it to move from school to work? |
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| Chapter D: The learning environment and organisaiton of schools |
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| Students' instruction time | ||
| EDIF 22 | How much time do primary and lower secondary students spend in the classroom? | Blog |
| EDIF 38 | How is learning time organised in primary and secondary education? | Blog |
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Teachers' characteristics |
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| EDIF 20 | How old are the teachers? | Blog |
| EDIF 40 | Teachers’ ICT and problem-solving skills: Competencies and needs | Blog |
| Teachers' working conditions (teaching/working time, salaries, class size) | ||
| EDIF 21 | How much are teachers paid and how much does it matter? | Blog |
| EDIF 29 | How much time do teachers spend on teaching and non-teaching activities? | Blog |
| EDIF 9 | How does class size vary around the world? | Blog |
| Methodology | ||
| EDIF 36 | What are the benefits of ISCED 2011 classification for indicators on education? | Blog |
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