skills in literacy and numeracy remains high. Indeed, in some countries the return for such skills, in the form of higher … achieves a minimum level of literacy and numeracy. …

educational attainment, and adult literacy program participation. Pursuing several alternative identification strategies three … completed primary school, adult literacy program participation is associated with a much lower probability of experiencing a …

educational attainment, and adult literacy program participation. Pursuing several alternative identification strategies three … completed primary school, adult literacy program participation is associated with a much lower probability of experiencing a …

information on literacy and income tax revenues we show that increases in the stock of human capital not only improved workers …

We assessed the impact of compulsory kindergarten education on early-teenage basic and functional literacy skills … kindergarten attendance for children aged five years or older prior to enrolling in the country's basic education cycle. This …. However, those who were exposed to the policy were more likely to reach full functional literacy by early teenage, which is …

between children of rich and poor parents remain as high in Nordic countries as elsewhere in Europe. One explanation for this …

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 …

nature of work and the importance of literacy for social and economic well-being. This article examines the relationship … between age and literacy skills in a sample of OECD countries using three internationally comparable surveys. By pooling the … survey data across time we can separate birth cohort and ageing effects. In doing so we find literacy skills decline with age …