Ageing and literacy skills. Evidence from Canada, Norway and the United States.

Autor/inn/en	Green, David A.; Riddell, W. Craig
Titel	Ageing and literacy skills. Evidence from Canada, Norway and the United States. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Alterung und Lesefähigkeit. Ergebnisse aus Kanada, Norwegen und den Vereinigten Staaten.
Quelle	In: Labour economics, (2013) 22, S. 16-29 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0927-5371
DOI	10.1016/j.labeco.2012.08.011
Schlagwörter	Kognitive Kompetenz; Erwachsener; Kanada; Lesen; Norwegen; USA; Schreiben; Internationaler Vergleich; Kognitive Kompetenz; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsabschluss; Lesen; Schreiben; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Altersabhängigkeit; Internationaler Vergleich; Erwachsener; Kanada; Norwegen; USA
Abstract	"We study the relationship between age and literacy skills in Canada, Norway and the U.S. -- countries that represent a wide range of literacy outcomes -- using data from the 1994 and 2003 International Adult Literacy Surveys. In cross-sectional data there is a weak negative partial relationship between literacy skills and age. However, this relationship could reflect some combination of age and cohort effects. In order to identify age effects, we use the 1994 and 2003 surveys to create synthetic cohorts. Our analysis shows that the modest negative slope of the literacy-age profile in cross-sectional data arises from offsetting ageing and cohort effects. Individuals from a given birth cohort lose literacy skills after they leave school at a rate greater than indicated by cross-sectional estimates. At the same time, more recent birth cohorts have lower levels of literacy. All three countries show similar patterns of skill loss with age, as well as declining literacy across successive cohorts." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2013/4