Download or read book Links Between Literacy and Numeracy Skills and Labour Market Outcomes written by Anthony Shomos and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper utilises data from a 2006 survey on the literacy and numeracy skills of the Australian adult population. Analysis reveals that literacy and numeracy skills for nearly half of the population were assessed at either levels 1 (the lowest level) or 2, both of which are below the minimum level deemed necessary to participate in a knowledge-based economy (level 3), [and they] vary according to a number of factors, and were generally highest for people who had either undertaken higher levels of education, were born in an English speaking country or were of prime working age (20-44 years old). Models were used to estimate the effect of improved literacy and numeracy skills on the probability of labour force participation and on wages. Results confirm previous research in the human capital literature -- that improving literacy and numeracy skills has a positive, statistically significant effect on labour market outcomes."--Key points, p. viii.

Download or read book Measuring and Assessing the Impact of Basic Skills on Labour Market Outcomes written by Steven McIntosh and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Literacy Numeracy and Labour Market Success written by Yew Liang Lee and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Literacy Numeracy and Labour Market Outcomes in Canada electronic Resource written by Canada. National Literacy Secretariat and published by Micromedia. This book was released on 2001 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These highlights provide a brief summary of the report "Literacy, numeracy and labour market outcomes in Canada", (catalogue no. 890552-MPE00008 and 89-552-MIE00008) which investigates the relationship between labour market success and literacy skills.

Download or read book The Importance of Functional Literacy written by Ross Finnie and published by Statistics Canada. This book was released on 2006 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study assesses the effects of literacy and numeracy skills on the labour market outcomes of Canadian high school drop-outs. It finds that these skills have significant effects on the probability of being employed and on hours and weeks of work for both men and women, and also have strong (direct) influences on men's, but not women's incomes. These findings imply that high school curricula that develop literacy and numeracy skills could provide significant returns even for those who do not complete their programs and wind up at the lower end of the labour market.

Download or read book Literacy Numeracy and Labour Market Outcomes in Canada written by William Craig Riddell and published by Statistics Canada. This book was released on 2001 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These highlights provide a brief summary of the report "Literacy, numeracy and labour market outcomes in Canada", (catalogue no. 890552-MPE00008 and 89-552-MIE00008) which investigates the relationship between labour market success and literacy skills.

Download or read book Literacy Numeracy and Labour Market Outcomes in Canada written by David Alan Green and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These highlights provide a brief summary of the report "Literacy, numeracy and labour market outcomes in Canada", (catalogue no. 890552-MPE00008 and 89-552-MIE00008) which investigates the relationship between labour market success and literacy skills.

Download or read book Schooling Literacy Numeracy and Labor Market Success written by Barry R. Chiswick and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Impact of Literacy Numeracy and Computer Skills on Earnings and Employment Outcomes written by Marguerita Lane and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the 2012 PIAAC data, our analysis confirms that there are significantly higher earnings and employment returns to both increasing levels of formally recognised education, and to increasing levels of numeracy, literacy and Information and communication technologies (ICT) skills proficiencies controlling for the level of education. Unsurprisingly, the labour market returns to changes in formally recognised levels of education in general exceed the labour market returns associated with increasing levels of skills proficiency. In the case of literacy and numeracy proficiencies, improved literacy and numeracy skills narrow the labour market outcomes gap between individuals with different levels of formally recognised education, but do not close it completely. The analysis demonstrates more substantial returns to ICT skills. Furthermore, possession of higher levels of ICT skills and lower levels of formally recognised qualification are often associated with higher returns compared to individuals with higher levels of formally recognised education but lower ICT proficiency levels. In other words, ICT skills proficiencies often entirely compensate for lower formally recognised qualifications in the labour market.

Download or read book School Achievement and Initial Education and Labour Market Outcomes written by Stephen P. Lamb and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks at the relationships between literacy and numeracy achievement in junior secondary school and a range of education, training and labour market outcomes at age nineteen. It pays particular attention to the education and labour market effects of differences in literacy and numeracy skills.

Download or read book The Economics of Language written by Barry R. Chiswick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-03-08 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two internationally renowned experts in the field, this book explores the determinants of dominant language proficiency among immigrants and other linguistic minorities and the consequences of this proficiency for the labour market. Using empirical material from a range of countries, including the USA, Canada, Australia and Bolivia, the authors develop a range of models of the determinants of dominant language proficiency and use econometric techniques to test them and estimate the magnitude of the effects. This volume is an excellent resource for researchers and a fine reader for specialists in labour economics, linguistics as well as a number of other disciplines.

Download or read book The Value of Basic Skills in the British Labour Market written by Augustin de Coulon and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report from the United Kingdom documents the findings of a collaborative research project from the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy (NRDC) and the Centre for the Economics of Education (CEE) at the London School of Economics. The research explores the economic value of basic skills in the labour market in the U.K. in the year 2004. The research explores 3 questions: do people with better basic skills earn more and do they have higher levels of productivity? Do people with better basic skills have better employment prospects? Has the value of basic skills in the labour market changed over time? Using data from the British Cohort Study collected in 2004 the research team found that: Literacy and Numeracy retained a high value in the labour market in the period 1995 - 2004. 10% of the variation in earnings at age 34 is explained by differences in basic skills. People with better basic skills have a greater chance of being in employment and men with higher numeracy skills have comparatively higher employment rates. From the point of view of public policy, the price of basic skills in the labour market is high and there is continued need to improve the skills of the UK workforce and to support programs and initiatives that improve people's basic skills. Report will be of particular interest to policy makers, researchers and adult literacy program planners. Table of contents: * Executive summary * Introduction * Overview of existing literature * Data and methods (Data and descriptive statistics. Methodology. Causality. Employment outcomes) * Results (The impact of literacy and numeracy on earnings in 2004. Robustness checks and inferring causality. Changes over time. The relationship between basic skills and employment) * Conclusions and discussion * References and bibliography * Appendix A: UK classifications of levels of literacy and numeracy * Appendix B: British Cohort Study 1970 - 2004 sweep at age 34 * Appendix C: Means and standard errors of the preferred BCS sample (N = 3,131) * Appendix D: Using Skills for Life standard levels to investigate the wage impact of literacy and numeracy in 2004 * Appendix E: The relationship between age 34 basic skills and earnings: men and women (Full specification for Table 2).

Download or read book Literacy Numeracy and the Labour Market written by John Grinyer and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Literacy Numeracy and Economic Performance written by Peter Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines targets which are proposed for raising levels of attainment in literacy and numeracy and considers how to define and measure progress towards improving attainment. Reviews evidence to illustrate the influences on the attainment of literacy and numeracy among young adults and schoolchildren and investigates the link between the attainment of these key skills and comparative economic performance.

Download or read book Linking Education Policy to Labor Market Outcomes written by Tazeen Fasih and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-04-09 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Linking Education Policy to Labor Market Outcomes' examines current research and new evidence from Ghana and Pakistan representative of two of the poorest regions of the world to assess how education can increase income and help people move out of poverty. This study indicates that in addition to early investments in cognitive and noncognitive skills which produce a high return and lower the cost of later educational investment by making learning at later ages more efficient quality, efficiency, and linkages to the broader macro-economic context also matter. Education and relevant skills are still the key determinants of good labor market outcomes for individuals. However, education policies aimed at improving skills will have a limited effect on the incomes of that skilled workforce or on the performance of a national economy if other policies that increase the demand for these skills are not in place. For education to contribute to national economic growth, policies should aim at improving the quality of education by spending efficiently and by adapting the basic and postbasic curricula to develop the skills increasingly demanded on the global labor market, including critical thinking, problem solving, social behavior, and information technology.

Download or read book Literacy in the Lives of Working Class Adults in Australia written by Stephen Black and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting a 'social practice' approach to literacy research based on ethnographic methods, this book provides a strong critique of dominant understandings of the role of literacy in the lives of adults in Australia. It explores how groups of working-class adults can manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives by drawing on social networks of support. It is based on research conducted by the author over a forty-year career in adult literacy education, featuring the voices of varied adult groups, including: prisoners, the long-term unemployed, local council workers, manufacturing workers, adult literacy students, marginalised young people, vocational students, and patients living with a chronic illness (type 2 diabetes). Each chapter explains how dominant society views these adult groups in relation to literacy, and provides a qualitative examination at the local level of how members of these groups manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives.

Download or read book Reading Writing and Neighbourhood Renewal written by Sherri Torjman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: