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Global Trends in Numeracy 1820-1949 and its Implications for Long-Run Growth
Crayen, Dorothee; Baten, Jörg - 2021
This study is the first to explore long-run trends of numeracy for the 1820-1949 period in 165 countries, and its contribution to growth. Estimates of the long-run numeracy development of most countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, America, and Europe are presented, using age-heaping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316581
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Informal Fee Elimination and Student Performance : Evidence from the Gambia
Giordono, Leanne - 2016
Informal school fees – for uniforms, books, and other supplies – are substantial in developing countries, often several times formal tuition. We evaluate a scholarship program that alleviated informal fees for girls in a subset of Gambian secondary schools. The program is unique because it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002450
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Institutional determinants of student achievement : microeconometric evidence
Link, Susanne - 2013
This volume was prepared by Susanne Link during her stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the Department of Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute of Economic Research. It was accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Economics Departure of the University of Munich in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744092
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Schooling, literacy, numeracy and labor market success
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labour market … outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that … are highly inter-correlated. A "general to specific" approach identifies the most relevant literacy and numeracy variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406733
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A new and easy-to-use measure of literacy, its axiomatic properties and an application
Basu, Kaushik (contributor); Lee, Travis (contributor) - 2008
It can be argued that just as there are different kinds of literacy, there are different kinds of illiteracy. A … literacy which typically exceed the standard literacy rate. The latter risks generating policy complacency. The aim of this … paper is to suggest a measure of literacy that is not limited by (1) and (2). The measure is axiomatically characterized and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728252
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Do literacy and numeracy pay off? : on the relationship between basic skills and earnings
Antoni, Manfred; Heineck, Guido - 2012
between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey … and only little heterogeneity when differentiating by sub-groups. -- Literacy ; numeracy ; earnings ; administrative data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009658861
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Do literacy and numeracy pay off? : on the relationship between basic skills and earnings
Antoniy, Manfred; Heineckz, Guido - 2012
' literacy, numeracy and earnings. We use data from the ALWA-ADIAB database, which is a test augmented survey linked to … positively related to both types of skills. This relationship is more pronounced for numeracy than for literacy. Heterogenous … results are found when running separate regressions for sub-groups, for instance by sex. -- Literacy ; numeracy ; earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009670708
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Do literacy and numeracy pay off? : on the relationship between basic skills and earnings
Antoni, Manfred; Heineck, Guido - 2012
between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey … and only little heterogeneity when differentiating by sub-groups. -- Literacy ; numeracy ; earnings ; administrative data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009624364
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Do literacy and numeracy pay off? : on the relationship between basic skills and earnings
Antoni, Manfred; Heineck, Guido - 2012
between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey … and only little heterogeneity when differentiating by sub-groups. -- literacy ; numeracy ; earnings ; administrative data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629024
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Schooling, Literacy, Numeracy and Labor Market Success
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew L.; Miller, Paul W. - 2021
This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labor market … outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that … are highly inter-correlated. A "general to specific" approach identifies the most relevant literacy and numeracy variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320604