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Exploring the Association between Occupational Complexity and Numeracy
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Billington, Mary Genevieve; Foldnes, Njål – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2021
The basic cognitive skill of numeracy is a recognized form of human capital, associated with economic and social well being for individuals and for nations. In this study, we explore how occupational complexity relates to proficiency in numeracy, among adults in full-time employment. We operationalize occupational complexity by constructing three…
Descriptors: Correlation, Occupational Information, Difficulty Level, Basic Skills
Assessing the Basic Skills of the Highly Educated in 21 OECD Countries: An International Benchmark Study of Graduates' Proficiency in Literacy and Numeracy Using the PIAAC 2012 Data
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Lindberg, Matti; Silvennoinen, Heikki – Comparative Education, 2018
This study compares the literacy and numeracy proficiencies of higher education (HE) degree holders in 21 OECD countries based on primary analysis of the national data sets collected via the OECD's Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2012 study. The differences in the graduates' average literacy and numeracy…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Basic Skills, International Assessment
Motivating Adults to Learn Mathematics in the Workplace: A Trade Union Approach
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Kelly, Beth – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2019
The aim of this qualitative study is to explore adults' motivation to learn mathematics in the workplace and the role that the trade union education approach promoted in the United Kingdom plays in that motivation. The findings draw on data from 20 semi-structured in-depth interviews with adults learning mathematics, organised through their trade…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Workplace Learning, Unions, Foreign Countries
Parents' Skills and Children's Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Outcomes
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de Coulon, Augustin; Meschi, Elena; Vignoles, Anna – Education Economics, 2011
Previous research has suggested a positive intergenerational relationship between a parent's childhood cognitive skill level and their own children's skill levels. Yet we also know that individuals' skill levels change during childhood and into adulthood, not least as a result of their education, training and work experience. Thus parents' adult…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship, Thinking Skills, Numeracy
The Value of Basic Skills in the British Labour Market. CEE DP 77
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Marcenaro-Gutierrez, Oscar; Vignoles, Anna; De Coulon, Augustin – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2007
In this paper we evaluate the labour market value of basic skills in the UK, focusing on the wage and employment returns to having better literacy and numeracy skills. We draw on literacy and numeracy assessments undertaken by all cohort members of the UK 1970 British Cohort Study. The data used are very rich and allow us to account for potential…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Numeracy, Labor Market, Basic Skills
It Doesn't Get Any Better: The Impact of Poor Basic Skills on the Lives of 37 Year Olds. A Summary
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Basic Skills Agency, 1997
This report summarises the main findings of research based on the National Child Development Study which has followed a group born in a single week in 1958. It examines their literacy and numeracy skills at the age of 37 and gives evidence on the relationship between poor basic skills and qualifications, unemployment, type of job, amount of…
Descriptors: Family Life, Numeracy, Labor Market, Social Isolation