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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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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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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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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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the paper examines the current situation of adult education schemes in India and their impacts on the Indian society. …
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been a trend towards jobs distinguished as medium and low skilled. Moreover, a comparison between education level and …
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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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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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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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Mathematica provided technical assistance in developing and estimating VAMs for use in Phase 1 of the pilot.
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