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Download full textFogg, Neeta; Harrington, Paul; Khatiwada, Ishwar; Kirsch, Irwin; Sands, Anita – ETS Center for Research on Human Capital and Education, 2022
In this new policy report, the fourth in a series examining the impact of human capital in the American labor market from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Center for Research on Human Capital Education, the authors take a unique perspective on the critical link between human capital and labor market outcomes by expanding the analysis to…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Human Capital, Job Skills, Unemployment
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Direct linkLopes, Tobin; Scully-Russ, Ellen; Zarestky, Jill; Collins, Joshua C. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2020
There is contrary research around whether collaboration at work fosters individual learning and skill development. This study's purpose was to examine the relationship between social characteristics of jobs on adults' cognitive skills as measured by the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). For select industry…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Work Environment, Thinking Skills, Adults
Alkema, Anne – Journal of Learning for Development, 2020
This paper outlines the scale of the adult literacy and numeracy issue in New Zealand and describes a policy intervention designed to upskill employees in workplaces to help resolve the issue for them. This is the Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WLN) Fund, which enables around 7000 employees a year to complete a 25- to 80-hour learning programme,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Numeracy, Job Skills
Tobin Lopes; Ellen Scully-Russ; Jill Zarestky; Joshua C. Collins – Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2019
This paper is focused on studying the relationship between level of collaboration, cooperation, and information sharing at work and respondents' skills in literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments. Specifically, authors address the following questions: (1) What is the relationship between cooperation/collaboration and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Work Environment, Information Transfer, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2020
This report is the second volume of Cedefop research on empowering adults through upskilling and reskilling pathways. It presents the Cedefop analytical framework for developing upskilling pathways for low-skilled adults and illustrates its conceptual development. The analytical framework is aimed at supporting policymakers and stakeholders in…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Job Skills, Adults, Foreign Countries
OECD Publishing, 2017
Australia's overall performance in the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) ranges from average to very good. However, three million adults, representing one-fifth of the working age population, have low literacy and/or numeracy skills. Building Skills for All in Australia describes the characteristics of the low-skilled and discusses the consequences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Basic Skills, Adults, Adult Literacy
