Based on the Adult Literacy and Life Skills survey conducted in Bermuda, Canada, Italy, Mexico (Nuevo Leon), Norway, and the United States of America in 2003 and 2004, this book presents an initial set of findings that shed new light on the twin processes of skill gain and loss. The book opens...

The baby boom generation's entry into old age has led to an unprecedented increase in the elderly population. The social and economic effects of this shift are significant, and in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, a group of leading researchers takes an eclectic view of the subject....

pt. 1. Surveys -- pt. 2. Case studies of unpaid work and learning -- pt. 3. Case studies of paid work and learning -- pt. 4. Case studies of transitions between education and work -- pt. 5. Concluding reflections.