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Author : Steven McIntosh
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
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:
Author : Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (595 download)
Download or read book Basic Skills, Soft Skills and Labour Market Outcomes written by Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Desjardins
Publisher : Lund University
ISBN 13 : 9174738771
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Rewards to skill supply, skill demand and skill match-mismatch written by Richard Desjardins and published by Lund University. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of three independent but closely related studies. The focus is on the potential causes of skill mismatch, the extent of skill mismatch, the socio-demographic make-up of skill mismatch, and the consequences of skill mismatch in terms of earnings as well as employer sponsored adult education/training. A distinction is made between skill mismatch and education mismatch. All three studies use data from the Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALLS) to investigate the relationships between select outcomes and skill supply-demand characteristics as well as their interactions which materialize into skill match-mismatch situations. The dataset contains direct measures of literacy skills as well as measures of the use of these skills at work which allow for a direct measure of literacy match-mismatch. The analysis points to the complex ways in which mismatch is generated and the need for an accurate and up to date measure of mismatch, one that reflects the possibilities for skill gain and skill loss over the lifespan, and reflects differences in the quality of qualifications. It also emphasizes that addressing mismatch requires a careful consideration of both the demand and supply sides of the labour market, so as to understand better the variety of factors which may have a negative impact on the effectiveness of skill formation, skill maintenance, and also skill use. Among the key findings: Skill demand characteristics appear to be as important as skill supply characteristics in explaining observed variation in earnings. There is a substantive association between the requirement to read at work and earnings, which is independent of whether individuals have high or low levels of literacy proficiency. Premiums associated with literacy skills are strongest in occupation types where they are most relevant, but premiums associated with the requirement to use those skills are nevertheless found to be strong within all occupational groups. The requirement to read at work seems to have a strong association with the incidence of participation in employer supported adult education/training. This has important implications for understanding better the relationship between how work is organized and the decision to further invest in human capital.
Author : Augustin de Coulon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (979 download)
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).
Author : Anthony Shomos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781740373265
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (732 download)
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.
Author : Oscar Marcenaro Gutierrez
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (778 download)
Download or read book The Value of Basic Skills in the British Labour Market written by Oscar Marcenaro Gutierrez and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tazeen Fasih
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821375105
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)
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.
Author : Joel Williams
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780112711605
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (116 download)
Download or read book The Skills for Life Survey written by Joel Williams and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2003 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic skills tests (based on the National Standards for adult basic skills) were carried out between June 2002 and May 2003, on a sample of over eight thousand adults normally resident in England. The tests were combined with a background questionnaire (social survey). This report provides many detailed statistics but some of the the main findings are noted below. 44 per cent of the respondents achieved Level 2 or above in the literacy assessment, but 16 per cent were classified at Entry level 3. In the numeracy test, 25 per cent achieved Level 2 or above, but 47 per cent were classified at Entry level 3 or below. Overall, 47 per cent were classified at Entry level 3 or below, in either literacy or numeracy, and only 18 per cent achieved Level 2 or above for both literacy and numeracy.
Author : Chris Warhurst
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199655367
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training written by Chris Warhurst and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skills and workforce development are at the heart of much research on work, employment, and management. But are they so important? To what extent can they make a difference for individuals, organizations, and nations? How are the supply and, more importantly, the utilization of skill, currently evolving? What are the key factors shaping skills trajectories of the future? This Handbook provides an authoritative consideration of issues such as these. It does so by drawing on experts in a wide range of disciplines including sociology, economics, labour/industrial relations, human resource management, education, and geography. The Handbook is relevant for all with an interest in the changing nature - and future - of work, employment, and management. It draws on the latest scholarly insights to shed new light on all the major issues concerning skills and training today. While written primarily by leading scholars in the field, it is equally relevant to policy makers and practitioners responsible for shaping the development of human capability today and into the future.
Author : Boris Palameta
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ISBN 13 : 9781927634059
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Meeting Expectations written by Boris Palameta and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Measures of Success (MoS) project set out to develop, implement, and present the results of an evaluation model that could assess longer-term outcomes of workplace education programs for increasing literacy and Essential Skills. The model was tested at 18 work sites in Manitoba and Nova Scotia and included training programs that have been offered to employers over a number of years as well as several first time initiatives. ... An earlier implementation report submitted to the project's Steering Committee (SRDC, 2012) described the process of recruitment and training delivery and provided a baseline profile of the participant sample and pre-training conditions within each of the 18 participating business. The research framework and baseline data were used to illustrate alternative hypotheses about how various conditions may influence the likelihood of observing post-training outcomes in different contexts. That report also offered early observations about data quality. This report builds on these early findings through an analysis of post-training outcomes. The focus is on the longer-term results from the final follow-up at 6-months after training onset. Some contrasts are made with the early 3-month data when they help inform the findings"--Introduction.
Author : David Earle
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (979 download)
Download or read book Labour Market Outcomes of Skills and Qualifications written by David Earle and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper looks at the employment and income benefits of literacy skills and qualifications. It draws on data from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) survey. The results of the analysis show that the benefit of increased literacy without higher qualifications is limited in the New Zealand labour market. The major benefit comes from improved literacy in combination with gaining a qualification, which can result in greater opportunities to move into higher paid jobs. Table of contents: * Introduction * Previous research * The interaction of skills and qualifications (employment and wages) * Differences by age (employment and wages) * Differences by gender (employment and wages) * Differences by first language (employment and wages).
Author : Ross Finnie
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Literacy and Labour Market Outcomes written by Ross Finnie and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Machin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781841854311
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (543 download)
Download or read book Basic Skills, Soft Skills and Labour Market Outcomes written by Stephen Machin and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 7012911344
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (129 download)
Download or read book written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Atkinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781870741606
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (416 download)
Download or read book Basic Skills and Jobs written by John Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study examined the demand for basic literacy and numeracy skills in the workplace in England and Wales. Surveys were administered to 73 Training and Enterprise Councils and covered approximately 1.3 million jobs below the professional and technical level in 24,000 establishments. Skills were summarized by six broad occupational categories: clerical/secretarial; personal service; selling; skilled/craft manual; plant, vehicle, and machine operatives; and other manual jobs. Relatively few jobs were found that can be performed successfully without competence in the basic skills, particularly reading and oral communication skills. Considerable demand among employers for higher-level basic skills was found even for relatively low skill jobs, and level of basic skills sought generally increased with movement up the occupational hierarchy. Clerical/secretarial jobs had higher-than-average basic skills requirements, whereas manual occupations generally had lower-than-average requirements. Basic skills have become more important to employers in the past 5 years and will likely become even more important. Most employers surveyed rated the basic skills possessed by their employees as fairly adequate; however, 1 in 10 establishments rated their employees' basic skill levels as just adequate or worse. (Includes 10 figures, 13 tables.) (MN)
Author : John Grinyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781844786602
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)
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:
Author : John Brauer
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Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Dynamic Skill Development and Labor Market Outcomes written by John Brauer and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first chapter investigates the presence of statistical discrimination in the labor market. The Children of the NLSY79 data are used to link early-age home environment measures to educational attainment measures and labor market outcomes. While both black and white children with higher measured home inputs sort into higher levels of educational attainment, this positive sorting pattern is significantly stronger for black children. Estimates also reveal that, after controlling for a variety of skill measures, the residual black-white wage gap is large for high school dropouts and narrows rapidly with additional educational attainment. For college-goers, measured skills can account for the entire black-white wage gap. These patterns are consistent with a scenario in which employers use both race and education credentials to form expectations about elements of worker productivity formed through early-age inputs. Under plausible and partially testable identifying assumptions, the results imply that a portion of the black-white wage gap for low-education workers reflects statistical discrimination in the labor market. Skill development in college and on the job can depend not only on the quality of investments but also on the order in which these investments are made. The second chapter explores which types of occupational investments complement college best when performed before college entry and which types are more productive after college completion. A learning-by-doing model with both college entry timing and early-career occupation choices produces several key insights. Data from the NLSY79 are linked with abstract and routine occupational task content data, and relationships between college entry timing, early-career occupation choices, and future earnings trajectories are documented. Estimates suggest that abstract-intensive occupations are more beneficial for skill development just after college, whereas routine-intensive occupations are more beneficial for skill development before college. Accordingly, delayed college entrants choose more routine-intensive early-career occupations, and immediate college entrants choose more abstract-intensive early-career occupations. The results also indicate that high school graduates with high levels of abstract skills face the largest penalty for delaying college entry.
