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The main aim of this paper is to analyse the evolution of adult skills, as captured by cognitive competencies assessed in the PIAAC, across age cohorts, explicitly taking into account that the quality of schooling might change from one cohort to another. We estimate a model that relates numeracy...
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The most painful effect of the Great Recession in European countries has been the surge in unemployment rates during a period that has been characterised most notably by an increase in income inequality and the heterogeneous pattern of this inequality by educational level. Thus, workers with low...
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-age population across the board. This report explores the situation of youth and adults in Latin America by using data from the … secondary school students and the wider adult population. Young adults are still struggling in the labour market, while … data have been supplemented by results from the World Bank STEP survey of adults living in urban areas of Bolivia and …
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