Basic Skills and Workplace Learning: What Do We Actually Know about Their Benefits?

Autor/inn/en	Ananiadou, Katerina; Jenkins, Andrew; Wolf, Alison
Titel	Basic Skills and Workplace Learning: What Do We Actually Know about Their Benefits?
Quelle	In: Studies in Continuing Education, 26 (2004) 2, S.289-308 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-037X
Schlagwörter	Program Effectiveness; Wages; Public Policy; Employment; Literacy; Basic Skills; Numeracy; Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; On the Job Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wage; Löhne; Öffentliche Ordnung; Dienstverhältnis; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Rechenkompetenz; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Training-on-the-Job
Abstract	In this paper we review the literature on the impact of workplace basic skills training on individuals, as measured by their effects on wages and employment probability. In addition, we also examine studies on the returns to individuals of general training at the workplace. On the whole, the evidence suggests that better numeracy and literacy skills have a strong positive effect on individuals' earnings and employment stability, even when other relevant factors, such as qualifications levels, are taken into account. There is also good evidence to suggest that general training provided at the workplace has a positive impact on individuals' wages, particularly when this training is employer provided rather than off the job. However, the literature also suggests that improvement of basic skills levels in adults has very small or even no positive effects on wages and employment probability. We discuss the implications of these findings on the formation of government policy on basic skills provision. We also propose that there is a real need for more research in this area, not only in terms of longitudinal quantitative studies tracking the effects of basic skills programmes on firms and individuals but also in terms of detailed case studies focusing on specific training programmes and their impact at the level of the individual and firm. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10