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Ageing and Literacy Skills : Evidence from Canada, Norway and the United States
Green, David A. - 2012
-sectional data arises from offsetting ageing and cohort effects. Individuals from a given birth cohort lose literacy skills after …We study the relationship between age and literacy skills in Canada, Norway and the U.S. – countries that represent a … wide range of literacy outcomes – using data from the 1994 and 2003 International Adult Literacy Surveys. In cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108260
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Ageing and Skills : The Case of Literacy Skills
Barrett, Garry F. - 2019
survey data across time we can separate birth cohort and ageing effects. In doing so we find literacy skills decline with age … skills with age at lower percentiles, which suggests that higher initial literacy moderates the influence of cognitive ageing …The relationship between ageing and skills is of growing policy significance due to population ageing, the changing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894069
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Ageing and Literacy Skills : Evidence from Ials, All and PIAAC
Barrett, Garry F. - 2016
We study the relationship between age and literacy skills using data from the IALS, ALL and PIAAC surveys. In cross …-sectional data there is a negative partial relationship between literacy skills and age that is statistically significant indicating … that literacy declines with age, especially after age 45. However, this relationship could reflect some combination of age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987679
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Reaping the Rewards Later : How Education Improves Old-Age Cognition in South Africa
Nikolov, Plamen; Yeh, Steve - 2022
Cognitive performance in late adulthood is critical for better welfare and understanding the causes of human capital depreciation in old age is increasingly crucial in aging societies. Using data from South Africa, we study how early life education affects cognition, a component of human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080614
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The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills
Carlsson, Magnus - 2012
How schooling affects cognitive skills is a fundamental question for studies of human capital and labor markets. While scores on cognitive ability tests are positively associated with schooling, it has proven difficult to ascertain whether this relationship is causal. Moreover, the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099105
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The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2010
An emerging economic literature over the past decade has made use of international tests of educational achievement to analyze the determinants and impacts of cognitive skills. The cross-country comparative approach provides a number of unique advantages over national studies: It can exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143681
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A Teenager in Love : Multidimensional Human Capital and Teenage Pregnancy in Ghana
Blunch, Niels-Hugo - 2017
educational attainment, and adult literacy program participation. Pursuing several alternative identification strategies three … completed primary school, adult literacy program participation is associated with a much lower probability of experiencing a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959056
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Are Older Workers Worthy of Their Pay? An Empirical Investigation of Age-Productivity and Age-Wage Nexuses
Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2010
Using longitudinal employer-employee data spanning over a 22-year period, we compare age-wage and age-productivity profiles and find that productivity increases until the age range of 50-54, whereas wages peak around the age 40-44. At younger ages, wages increase in line with productivity gains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139052
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Does it Pay to Be Productive? The Case of Age Groups
Cataldi, Alessandra - 2011
Using longitudinal matched employer-employee data for the period 1999-2006, we investigate the relationship between age, wage and productivity in the Belgian private sector. More precisely, we examine how changes in the proportions of young (16-29 years), middle-aged (30-49 years) and older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120830
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Are Older People Aware of Their Cognitive Decline? Misperception and Financial Decision Making
Mazzonna, Fabrizio - 2020
We investigate whether older people correctly perceive their own cognitive decline, and the potential financial consequences of misperception. First, we document the fact that older people tend to underestimate their cognitive decline. We then show that those who experienced a severe cognitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822463