and in the level of basic skills, including literacy and numeracy. This is especially true for higher education. Only at … the probability of being currently employed as well as in the time spent in paid employment, although the differences we …

Based on high-quality skill data from PIAAC, this paper provides evidence on the effect of schooling on labor …-market relevant cognitive skills. For identification, I exploit the staggered introduction of a compulsory ninth grade in basic track … increased numeracy skills of basic-track students by about 0.2 standard deviations. Using superior skill data, the results …

Based on high-quality skill data from PIAAC, this paper provides evidence on the effect of schooling on labor …-market relevant cognitive skills. For identification, I exploit the staggered introduction of a compulsory ninth grade in basic track … increased numeracy skills of basic-track students by about 0.2 standard deviations. Using superior skill data, the results …

performance. Finally, chapter 5 presents new insights to gender gaps in adult cognitive skills, showing that they are highly … related to wages, especially at the top of the wage distribution. …

We use OECD-PIAAC data to estimate the earnings effects of both years of education and of numerical skills. Our … percentage points return to an equivalent increase in numerical skills. Our results suggest that the same set of unobservables … drives the accumulation of both formal years of education and numeracy skills. OLS estimates underestimate returns to human …

performance. Finally, chapter 5 presents new insights to gender gaps in adult cognitive skills, showing that they are highly … related to wages, especially at the top of the wage distribution. …

The OECD Survey of Adult Skills is the jewel in the crown of its Programme for the International Assessment of Adult … Competencies (PIAAC). This paper argues that the findings and policy lessons from the project to date justify the high hopes which … were placed in PIAAC when detailed planning for the project began in 2003. First, it presents a brief recap of PIAAC and …

youths’ future life chances. Indeed, intergenerational persistence in educational and employment outcomes appears very high … the nature of skills supplied by the education sector and the skills demanded by employers. A greater role for youth …

This paper examines how skills are shaped by social interactions in families. We show that older siblings causally …

We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children's socio-emotional skills. The classroom …-emotional skills rather than cognitive skills. …