Benjamin W. Arold prepared this study while he was working at the Center for Economics of Education at the ifo … the classroom and beyond. Chapter 2 demonstrates that the abolishment of compulsory religious education in Germany does … children and participating in the labor market. Chapter 3 provides evidence that the content of science education standards in …

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 …