This article examines cross-country variations in adult skills inequality and asks why skills in Anglophone countries are so unequal. Drawing on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's recent Survey of Adult Skills and other surveys, it investigates the differences across countries and country groups in inequality in both…

Attempts to assess the link between economic factors and the private demand for higher education through an investigation of the findings of studies conducted in several countries. Concludes that the perceived rates of return to higher education are realistic and non-economic factors influence the private demand for higher education. Provides…