We document substantial variation in the effects of a highly-effective literacy program in northern Uganda. The program … randomized evaluations of developing country education interventions in the literature.This very effective program does indeed …

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 …

between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey …

Using a model of O-ring production function, the paper demonstrates how certain communities can get caught in a low-literacy …

This study analyses the effects of regular physical education at school on cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills … identifies the effect by using variation in the required numbers of physical education lessons across and within German federal …

This research provides an explanation for high literacy, economic growth and societal developments in the Netherlands … of literacy in the Netherlands. In addition, there are positive effects of the BCL on book production and on city growth …

We analyze the determinants of reading literacy, mathematical skills and science skills of young immigrant children in …

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 …-sectional data there is a weak negative partial relationship between literacy skills and age. However, this relationship could …

nature of work and the importance of literacy for social and economic well-being. This article examines the relationship … between age and literacy skills in a sample of OECD countries using three internationally comparable surveys. By pooling the … survey data across time we can separate birth cohort and ageing effects. In doing so we find literacy skills decline with age …

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 …