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

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dc.contributor.authorFasih, Tazeen
dc.contributor.authorPatrinos, Harry Anthony
dc.contributor.authorSakellariou, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-05T14:27:53Z
dc.date.available2014-02-05T14:27:53Z
dc.date.issued2013-11
dc.description.abstractLittle 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 measured by the available tests. This paper uses the International Adult Literacy and the Adult Literacy and Life Skills surveys to obtain multi-country estimates of the components of the return to schooling. The results reveal considerable heterogeneity and a dichotomy between two groups of countries. For a subgroup of educationally advanced countries, nearly half of the return to schooling can be attributed to labor marker-relevant functional literacy skills associated with schooling, while for a subgroup of less educationally advanced countries, such skills account for just over 20 percent of the return to schooling, while the return to schooling mostly reflects the signaling value of schooling.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18501791/functional-literacy-heterogeneity-returns-schooling-multi-country-evidence
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6697
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16917
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6697
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABOLITION OF FEES
dc.subjectACHIEVEMENT SCORES
dc.subjectACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES
dc.subjectACHIEVEMENT TESTS
dc.subjectADULT LITERACY
dc.subjectADULT POPULATIONS
dc.subjectAVERAGE SCORE
dc.subjectBASIC SKILLS
dc.subjectBOOKS AT HOME
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE SKILLS
dc.subjectCOLLEGE EDUCATION
dc.subjectCOMPULSORY SCHOOLING
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectEDUCATED WORKERS
dc.subjectEDUCATION INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectEDUCATION OUTCOMES
dc.subjectEDUCATION STATISTICS
dc.subjectEDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subjectEDUCATION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL LEVELS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONALLY ADVANCED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectEFFECTIVE EDUCATION
dc.subjectFOUNDATION SKILLS
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL LITERACY
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL SKILLS
dc.subjectHIGH SCHOOL
dc.subjectHIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL LITERACY
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLABOUR MARKET
dc.subjectLANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectLEVEL OF LITERACY
dc.subjectLIBRARIES
dc.subjectLIFE SKILLS
dc.subjectLITERACY SKILLS
dc.subjectLITERACY SURVEY
dc.subjectLITERACY SURVEYS
dc.subjectLITERACY TEST
dc.subjectLITERACY TESTS
dc.subjectNUMERACY
dc.subjectPAPERS
dc.subjectPROBLEM SOLVING
dc.subjectPUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subjectRATES OF RETURN
dc.subjectREADING
dc.subjectREADING BOOKS
dc.subjectRETURN TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectRETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectSCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectSCHOOL GRADUATES
dc.subjectSCHOOL QUALITY
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectSTANDARDIZED TESTS
dc.subjectTENURE
dc.subjectTEST SCORES
dc.subjectVOUCHERS
dc.subjectYOUTH
dc.titleFunctional Literacy, Heterogeneity and the Returns to Schooling : Multi-Country Evidenceen
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okr.crossref.titleFunctional Literacy, Heterogeneity and the Returns to Schooling: Multi-Country Evidence
okr.date.disclosure2013-11-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:42:54.369927Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18501791/functional-literacy-heterogeneity-returns-schooling-multi-country-evidence
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.guid292781468163444361
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6697
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20131112103731
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum18501791
okr.identifier.reportWPS6697
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicSecondary Education
okr.topicAccess and Equity in Basic Education
okr.topicEducation::Primary Education
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicTeaching and Learning
okr.unitEducation Unit, Human Development Network
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