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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 …
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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/10011965093
-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 …
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-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
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
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
-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/10011184399
Literacy is central to the improvement and betterment of any society. Individuals cannot fully engage in social and … political discourse, and are more likely to become less-than-equals in society without basic literacy to pursue their goals. On … change and to adopt new technologies. Thus, improving literacy for individuals may have spill-over effects that benefit the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184432
-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/10011279317
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/10011984633