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Addressing Literacy Needs at Work: Implementation and Impact of Workplace Literacy Programs

Moore, Mary T.; Myers, David - Mathematica Policy Research - 1998

This final report on the national evaluation examines program implementation and effects of workplace literacy, finding that it is possible to implement and institutionalize effective programs, but doing so presents challenges for employers, program leaders, and policymakers.

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Ageing and Skills: A Review and Analysis of Skill Gain and Skill Loss Over the Lifespan and Over Time

Desjardins, Richard; Warnke, Arne Jonas - 2012

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...

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Achieving Universal Literacy in Andhra Pradesh : Status and Prospects

Motkuri, Venkatanarayana; Chaganti, Ravi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The present analysis of progress in literacy rate and changes in disparities across social and geographical groups in literacy rate in Andhra Pradesh. Also an exercise explores the prospects of literacy in Andhra Pradesh with simulation modelling exercise which considers different policy...

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Ageing and Skills: A Review and Analysis of Skill Gain and Skill Loss Over the Lifespan and Over Time

Desjardins, Richard; Warnke, Arne Jonas - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für … - 2012

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Adult Education: A Tale of Empowerment Denied

Ramachandran, Vimala - eSocialSciences - 2008

the paper examines the current situation of adult education schemes in India and their impacts on the Indian society. …

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Surveying Romanian Migrants in Italy Before and After the EU Accession: Migration Plans, Labour Market Features and Social Inclusion

Mara, Isilda - 2012

been a trend towards jobs distinguished as medium and low skilled. Moreover, a comparison between education level and …

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Schooling, cognitive ability, and health

Auld, M. Christopher; Sidhu, Nirmal - EconWPA - 2004

the role of cognitive ability in the health–education nexus. Using NLSY data, we show that cognitive ability accounts for … schooling will only increase health to the extent that they increase the education of poorly-educated individuals; subsidies to … college education, for example, are unlikely to increase population health. …

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A STUDY ABOUT POVERTY, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEPRIVATION IN INDIA

sivakumarmarimuthu; sarvalingam - EconWPA - 2004

This paper deals with poverty, health, education and human deprivation among Indian States. Human development evaluates … poverty, health, education lead the poor to indulge in the vicious circle. Uplifting the poor from these deprivations is …

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Schooling, cognitive ability, and health

Auld, M. Christopher; Sidhu, Nirmal - EconWPA - 2004

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Value-Added Estimates for Phase 1 of the Pennsylvania Teacher and Principal Evaluation Pilot

Lipscomb, Stephen; Chiang, Hanley; Gill, Brian - Mathematica Policy Research - 2012

Mathematica provided technical assistance in developing and estimating VAMs for use in Phase 1 of the pilot.

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