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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 …
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survey data across time we can separate birth cohort and ageing effects. In doing so we find literacy skills decline with age … skills with age at lower percentiles, which suggests that higher initial literacy moderates the influence of cognitive ageing. …The relationship between ageing and skills is of growing policy significance due to population ageing, the changing …
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survey data across time we can separate birth cohort and ageing effects. In doing so we find literacy skills decline with age … skills with age at lower percentiles, which suggests that higher initial literacy moderates the influence of cognitive ageing …The relationship between ageing and skills is of growing policy significance due to population ageing, the changing …
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skillsincluding literacy, numeracy, foreign language, field-specific, and non-cognitive skills. Graduates of longer programs, of …
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We study the impact of a program designed to enhance data literacy on graduate students' skills and academic outcomes … variation for identification, we find that the program largely improved digital literacy of participants with low pre …
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We estimate month-of-birth effects on cognitive and noncognitive skills, as well as factors relevant to skill formation. Our estimates indicate that younger students in a given grade cohort have lower cognitive and noncognitive skills. To shed light on the underlying mechanisms, we also examine...
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literacy as the ability to productively use written information. Significant effects are found for developed and developing … countries, leading on an aggregated macro level to a positive relationship between literacy and economic development. (2) The …
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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. …
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