This report describes the skills tests conducted in the face-to-face (PAPI) interview of the IAB study "Working and Learning in a Changing World" (ALWA). These tests focused on measuring cognitive skills in two domains, prose literacy and numeracy. The major goal of the ALWA study, for which the...

"This report describes the skills tests conducted in the face-to-face (PAPI) interview of the IAB study 'Working and Learning in a Changing World' (ALWA). These tests focused on measuring cognitive skills in two domains, prose literacy and numeracy. The major goal of the ALWA study, for which...

Seit der ersten PISA-Studie werden die kognitiven Grundkompetenzen von Schülern regelmäßig untersucht. Im Gegensatz dazu ist das Wissen über die Kompetenzen von Erwachsenen in Deutschland bisher eher begrenzt. Die IAB-Studie 'Arbeiten und Lernen im Wandel' (ALWA) ist ein erster Schritt, um...

"This report contains an analysis of nonresponse bias in the IAB survey ALWA ('Working and Learning in a Changing World'). Besides the usual processes of attrition in standardized surveys, which result from persons who cannot be reached and persons who do not cooperate, two additional sources of...

"'Working and Learning in a Changing World', ALWA derived from its German name 'Arbeiten und Lernen im Wandel' for short, is a dataset which is collected within the project 'Qualifications, Competencies and Working Life' at the department 'Education and Employment over the Life Course' of the...

"'Working and Learning in a Changing World', or ALWA (the acronym being derived from the study's German name 'Arbeiten und Lernen im Wandel'), is a dataset which was collected as part of the research-project 'Qualifications, Competencies and Working Life' carried out by the department 'Education...