This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labour market … outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that … are highly inter-correlated. A ?general to specific? approach identifies the most relevant literacy and numeracy variables …

We study the relationship between age and literacy skills in Canada, Norway and the U.S. &- countries that represent a … wide range of literacy outcomes - using data from the 1994 and 2003 International Adult Literacy Surveys. In cross …-sectional data there is a weak negative partial relationship between literacy skills and age. However, this relationship could …

between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey …

Indian girls have significantly lower school enrollment rates than boys. Anecdotal evidence suggests that gender … gender differences for older children. I argue that these results need to be interpreted carefully since they are a … combination of two underlying effects, but propose that one explanation are age-specific forms of gender discrimination. …

attainments in India. Individual-level data from two successive rounds of the National Sample Survey suggest that considerable … numerous socio-economic and parental covariates, and the Muslim educational disadvantage in India today is greater than that … experienced by girls and Scheduled Caste Hindu children. A gender gap still appears within as well as between communities, though …

We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes …

In the context of strikingly low literacy rates among Indian women and low caste population, the paper explores whether …

This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes …