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Multiliteracy as Human Capital in First-Generation Adult Immigrants in Germany
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Irina Usanova; Birger Schnoor; Irit Bar-Kochva; Hannes Schröter – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
In the present study, we combined the Focus on Multilingualism approach with the human capital theory to investigate multilingual profiles among first-generation adult immigrants in Germany and the relationship between immigrants' multiliteracy and their employment status. We used data representative for Germany on the self-reported literacy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Human Capital, Multilingualism
Experiencing the Workplace: The Importance and Benefits for Teenagers. OECD Education Policy Perspectives. No. 45
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OECD Publishing, 2021
The OECD Career Readiness project makes use of quantitative evidence to identify how teenage career-related activities and attitudes are linked with better adult employment outcomes. Review of multiple national longitudinal datasets confirms that teenage experiences of the workplace through part-time working and volunteering are routinely…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Work Attitudes, Value Judgment, Adolescents
Age, Ageing and Skills: Results from the Survey of Adult Skills. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 132
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Paccagnella, Marco – OECD Publishing, 2016
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the link between age and proficiency in information-processing skills, based on information drawn from the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC). The data reveal significant age-related differences in proficiencies, strongly suggesting that proficiency tends to "naturally" decline with age. Age…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Surveys, Adults, Age Differences
Explaining Entrepreneurial Behavior: Dispositional Personality Traits, Growth of Personal Entrepreneurial Resources, and Business Idea Generation
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Obschonka, Martin; Silbereisen, Rainer K.; Schmitt-Rodermund, Eva – Career Development Quarterly, 2012
Applying a life-span approach of human development and using the example of science-based business idea generation, the authors used structural equation modeling to test a mediation model for predicting entrepreneurial behavior in a sample of German scientists (2 measurement occasions; Time 1, N = 488). It was found that recalled early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Structural Equation Models, Social Capital
PIAAC Technical Standards and Guidelines
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OECD Publishing, 2014
The Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will establish technical standards and guidelines to ensure that the survey design and implementation processes of PIAAC yield high-quality and internationally comparable data. This document provides a revised version of the technical standards and guidelines originally…
Descriptors: Adults, International Assessment, Adult Literacy, Competence
Working Time and the Volume of Work in Germany: The IAB Concept of Measurement. IAB Labour Market Research Topics.
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Bach, Hans-Uwe; Koch, Susanne – 2003
The Institut fuer Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) or Institute for Employment Research has developed a detailed working time and volume of work measurement concept in order to more comprehensively assess the demand for labor. The individual components of working time in Germany are obtained from various data sources and combined to form…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Economic Factors, Efficiency