Functional Literacy, Heterogeneity and the Returns to Schooling : Multi-Country Evidence

Functional Literacy, Heterogeneity and the Returns to Schooling : Multi-Country Evidence

Little is known about which of the skills that make up workers' human capital contribute to higher earnings. Past empirical evidence suggest that most of the return to schooling is generated by effects or correlates unrelated to the skills mea...

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Main Authors:	Fasih, Tazeen, Patrinos, Harry Anthony, Sakellariou, Chris
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABOLITION OF FEES ACHIEVEMENT SCORES ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ADULT LITERACY ADULT POPULATIONS AVERAGE SCORE BASIC SKILLS BOOKS AT HOME COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS COLLEGE EDUCATION COMPULSORY SCHOOLING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION INVESTMENTS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION STATISTICS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONALLY ADVANCED COUNTRIES EFFECTIVE EDUCATION FOUNDATION SKILLS FUNCTIONAL LITERACY FUNCTIONAL SKILLS HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL LITERACY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOUR MARKET LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION LEARNING LEVEL OF LITERACY LIBRARIES LIFE SKILLS LITERACY SKILLS LITERACY SURVEY LITERACY SURVEYS LITERACY TEST LITERACY TESTS NUMERACY PAPERS PROBLEM SOLVING PUBLIC SCHOOLS RATES OF RETURN READING READING BOOKS RETURN TO EDUCATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SKILLED WORKERS STANDARDIZED TESTS TENURE TEST SCORES VOUCHERS YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18501791/functional-literacy-heterogeneity-returns-schooling-multi-country-evidence http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16917

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16917