De Coulon, Augustin; Marcenaro-Gutierrez, Oscar; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
In this paper we evaluate the labour market value of basic skills in the UK, focusing on the wage and employment … returns to having better literacy and numeracy skills. We draw on literacy and numeracy assessments undertaken by all cohort … basic skills, in terms of wage returns, has increased over time, using a cross cohort analysis based on the 1958 National …