Wie nehmen Expert:innen aus der Basisbildung Personen mit Basisbildungsbedarf wahr? Wie gehen sie mit Stereotypen von Lai:innen um, die in der Regel nicht gut darüber informiert sind? Wie wird Wissen über geringe schriftsprachliche Kompetenzen reproduziert und auf welche Weise wird es...

We assessed the impact of compulsory kindergarten education on early-teenage basic and functional literacy skills achievement using a large-scale natural experiment in the Philippines. In 2012, the Philippine government mandated compulsory kindergarten attendance for children aged five years or...

The study assesses linkages between information technology, inequality and adult literacy in 57 developing countries for the period 2012-2016. Income inequality is measured with the Gini coefficient while six dynamics of information technology are taken on board, namely: use of virtual social...

Internet has become a new way of communication leading the transformation of the use of conventional communication though digital platforms, bringing a new paradigm in human interaction (Saputra et al., 2020) but having Internet access does not mean that citizens are using Internet effectively...

This study investigates the different cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics associated with individuals’ willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data obtained from three survey waves of about 2,000 individuals...

The aim of the study was to establish the significance of the individual components of insurance literacy - knowledge, skills, attitude and behaviour - in explaining insurance inclusion in Uganda. The study was correlational and cross-sectional by design. Hence, 400 responses were obtained from...

The purpose of this research note was to highlight opportunities offered by visual research to collect direct empirical data from pre-school children about their digital literacy and multimodal practices. We have also presented some interesting findings obtained from a visual research conducted...

Longevity crucially affects demand for pensions, insurance products and annuities. Consistent empirical evidence shows that women have historically experienced lower mortality rates than men. In this paper, we study a measure of the gender gap in mortality rates, we call “Gender Gap Ratio”,...

Six years of data from the TIAA Institute-GFLEC Personal Finance Index (P-Fin Index) clearly demonstrate that U.S. adults with greater financial literacy tend to have better financial well-being. This report shows that retirement readiness, a specific realm of financial well-being, likewise...

The study assesses linkages between information technology, inequality and adult literacy in 57 developing countries for the period 2012-2016. Income inequality is measured with the Gini coefficient while six dynamics of information technology are taken on board, namely: use of virtual social...

The study randomly sampled one hundred and thirty-three integrated science students of a College of Education to assess their scientific literacy skills. The study was a survey design method. Data for the study was obtained through both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The research...

This study investigates the different cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics associated with individuals' willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data obtained from three survey waves of about 2,000 individuals...

Wie nehmen Expert:innen aus der Basisbildung Personen mit Basisbildungsbedarf wahr? Wie gehen sie mit Stereotypen von Lai:innen um, die in der Regel nicht gut darüber informiert sind? Wie wird Wissen über geringe schriftsprachliche Kompetenzen reproduziert und auf welche Weise wird es...

This paper explores the relevance of existing international legal standards on children's human rights to a healthy ocean. In particular, we reflect on the still underestimated importance of a healthy ocean for children's human right to development and cultural rights. Focusing on environmental...

This paper aims at exploring the dynamics of intergenerational mobility of occupations in 19th-century Italy, by investigating the relationship between social mobility and industrialization at its very early stages. In this endeavor, we draw upon individual-level occupational data from marriage...

Given the importance of early literacy to long-term student success, by 2021, 41 states and the District of Columbia adopted early literacy policies to improve student literacy by the end of third grade. We use an event-study approach to examine the impact of these policies on high- and...

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of an dialogic reading program on expressive language vocabulary and category naming skills, which are among the early literacy skills of preschool children. The research was designed in the quasi-experimental model, which is one of the quantitative...

Financial literacy is low among young people and their uninformed choices may have costly and long-lasting consequences. This paper uses information on approximately 52,000 fifteen-year-old students participating in the 2018 OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to provide...

This paper introduces the concept of sustainable finance literacy. We survey a large sample of Swiss households to measure sustainable finance literacy. To this end, we use multiple-choice questions and a novel approach based on open-ended questions and natural language processing. We find that...

The TIAA Institute recently published a study on financial and longevity literacy. Improving knowledge about these topics enables and promotes saving, investing, and planning behaviors that lead to better financial outcomes in retirement. Unfortunately, the survey indicated that most adults have...

This study investigates gender gaps across generations in digital literacy (DL) using a unique dataset of 6,695 adults collected in Indonesia, the fourth largest country in the world. We analyze differences in men and women’s access to mobile phones, education, occupation, and income to...

Outstanding student debt has almost doubled in the past decade to over $1.7 trillion. Delayed graduation contributes to the student debt burden by increasing tuition payments without any additional wage premium. Behavioral theory suggests that young adults are prone to biases limiting their...

This Handbook for Literacy Lesson Planning is designed to be used as a resource for education stakeholders seeking to design evidence-aligned early grade literacy programs. It describes the different subskills involved in learning to read, outlines best classroom practices for each subskill, and...

We study the lasting repercussions of the 1918 influenza (‘Spanish Flu’) pandemic on healthmeasures and literacy rates in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the most populous city in South Americatoday, but significantly poorer a century ago. Leveraging temporal and spatial variation indistrict-level...

A growing body of evidence suggests that digital literacy, defined as the ability to effectively find information online, is an important barrier constraining adoption and use of Internet and digital technologies in the developing world. Digital literacy by enabling people to effectively find...

Parental investments at early ages can shape children’s future educational specializations. Using a longitudinal study, we find that parents invest more in daughters than sons at ages 3-5. Moreover, parents’ beliefs about their children’s reading and math abilities are higher for girls...

Children in many extremely poor, remote regions are growing up illiterate and innumerate despite high reported school enrollment ratios. Possible explanations for such poor outcomes include demand – for example, low perceived returns to education compared to opportunity cost; and supply –...

In this paper, we study the effects of high school mathematical education on the saving-related behavior of consumers later in life. We employ a staggered treatment robust event study design, exploiting the variation in high school math coursework requirements from a series of curricular reforms...

A digital economy tax literacy program can help create awareness on importance of taxation and encourage persons on the digital economy to comply with their tax obligations. It should have legislative backing to acquire legitimacy. It should be in line with the national values and principles set...

The act of owning a home is a complex concept. Homeownership includes several consumer decisions, processes, laws, rights and responsibilities across a span of time. This article offers a review of the literature related to the complexities and competencies of homeownership. The approach...