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 …

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 …

-sectional data arises from offsetting ageing and cohort effects. Individuals from a given birth cohort lose literacy skills after … distribution. -- human capital ; cognitive skills ; literacy ; ageing …We study the relationship between age and literacy skills in Canada, Norway and the U.S. &- countries that represent a …

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 …

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 …

The relationship between ageing and skills is becoming an important policy issue, not least in the context of … population ageing. Data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will potentially add … considerably to the understanding of the relationship between ageing and foundation skills. In particular, the fact that data from …

This paper quantitatively assesses to what extent signatures in marriage certificates can inform about literacy rates … as the results found with it. Two main findings emerge. First, marriage certificates can accurately measure literacy … North-South literacy divides. …

provinces and years, provide evidence on the SES gradient in literacy and numeracy competencies. Second, gradients are estimated …