Adult Literacy Development and Economic Growth

Autor/in	Reder, Stephen
Institution	National Institute for Literacy
Titel	Adult Literacy Development and Economic Growth
Quelle	(2010), (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Economic Progress; Adult Literacy; Employment Potential; Education Work Relationship; Salary Wage Differentials; Longitudinal Studies; Interviews; Unemployment; Insurance; Working Hours; Educational Benefits; Skill Analysis; Access to Computers; Language Proficiency; Community Surveys; Measures (Individuals); Social Indicators; Quality of Life + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Arbeitslosigkeit; Hours of work; Arbeitszeit; Bildungsertrag; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Messdaten; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Lebensqualität
Abstract	The research presented in this report offers new insights about the relationship between changes in adult literacy and changes in employment and earnings. This paper will first describe the design and methodology of the Longitudinal Study of Adult Literacy (LSAL) and then present the key findings from LSAL about individuals' literacy growth over time and about changes in their employment and earnings over the same time periods. Analyses of these data will lead into statistical modeling of the relationship between changes in literacy proficiency and earnings. The paper will then examine other models in an attempt to sort out the directionality and reciprocity of influences between literacy and earnings. The paper concludes with a discussion of the findings and their limitations along with suggested directions for future research. (Contains 14 figures, 3 tables and 19 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10