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Download or read book Productivity and building human capital for the "bottom third" written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RESEARCH PAPER #38 RAPPORT DE RECHERCHE #38 Productivity and Building Human Capital for the "Bottom Third" Andrew Jackson November 4, 2005 Presentation to the Centre for the Study of Living Standards Panel on Policies to Increase Productivity in Canada Ottawa - November 4, 2005 Productivity and Building Human Capital for the "Bottom Third" Andrew Jackson, National Director Social and Economic Poli [...] Economic research on productivity has tended to focus on the importance of investment in physical capital and innovation, with some attention to the contribution of highly educated managers and professionals, and highly skilled production workers to innovation and to the successful introduction of new technologies. [...] Similarly, the dominant focus of public policy has been on boosting investment in capital, and in research and development through tax and other measures, and the primary focus of human capital policies has been on public education, including post-secondary education, rather than on adult learning and workplace-based learning. [...] Looking at the half-empty part of the glass, almost half of all younger adults have not completed any form of post-secondary qualification, and a large proportion of the college graduates in the top-half of the glass have completed only a two-year vocational qualification (OECD 2005). [...] In short, and as is widely recognized, Canada does not have an effective adult education and training system in terms of reaching the bottom third of the workforce, and provides little in the way of a "second chance" for those who have not completed a post- secondary qualification (OECD 2002).
