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What Does Age Have to Do with Skills Proficiency? Adult Skills in Focus. No. 3
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OECD Publishing, 2016
Adults tend to lose their information-processing skills as they age, especially if they do not use them. While older adults may compensate for this loss by developing other valuable skills, the importance of being proficient in information-processing skills in determining wages and employment does not diminish as workers age. Probably the most…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Skills, On the Job Training
Reconciling Heterogeneous Results on the Returns to Skills in Africa
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Otchia, Christian S.; Yamada, Shoko – Journal of Education and Work, 2019
Recent evidence indicates substantial heterogeneity in the returns to skills across countries, but only a few studies have explained the varying patterns in the return to skills. Using the 2013 STEP data for Ghana and Kenya, we estimate the causal effect of cognitive and noncognitive skills on a large set of labour market outcomes by controlling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Ability, Thinking Skills, Labor Market
Adults, Computers and Problem Solving: "What's the Problem?" OECD Skills Studies
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Chung, Ji Eun; Elliott, Stuart – OECD Publishing, 2015
The "OECD Skills Studies" series aims to provide a strategic approach to skills policies. It presents OECD internationally comparable indicators and policy analysis covering issues such as: quality of education and curricula; transitions from school to work; vocational education and training (VET); employment and unemployment; innovative…
Descriptors: Adults, Problem Solving, Computer Literacy, Computer Use
Measuring Job Content: Skills, Technology, and Management Practices. Discussion Paper No. 1357-08
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Handel, Michael J. – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2008
The conceptualization and measurement of key job characteristics has not changed greatly for most social scientists since the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and Quality of Employment surveys were created, despite their recognized limitations. However, debates over the roles of job skill requirements, technology, and new management practices in…
Descriptors: Occupational Information, Salary Wage Differentials, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications
Do Child Care Centers Benefit Poor Children after School Entry?
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Bassok, Daphna; French, Desiree; Fuller, Bruce; Kagan, Sharon Lynn – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2008
Attendance in preschool centers can yield short-term benefits for children from poor or middle-class families. Yet debate persists in Europe and the United States over whether centers yield gains of sufficient magnitude to sustain children's cognitive or social advantages as they move through primary school. We report on child care and home…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers
Introduction to Special Issue on Education and Health.
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Kiker, B. F. – Economics of Education Review, 1998
Introduces a special issue devoted to education-health linkages. The scope of coverage is quite broad. Papers treat education's connections with specific health-related behaviors, full-time employees' health insurance coverage, medical care/lifestyle choices, nurses' wage profiles, low birthweight children's capabilities, smoking decisions,…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Cognitive Ability, Educational Attainment, Educational Benefits