The Relationship of the Component Skills of Reading to Performance on the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Strucker ◽  
Kentaro Yamamoto ◽  
Irwin Kirsch
Keyword(s):  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Component Skills ◽  
Literacy Survey ◽  
International Adult Literacy Survey ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Literacy & Numeracy Studies Volume 15 No 2 Editorial

1970 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Lee
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This issue of Literacy and Numeracy Studies takes up two major themes shaping the landscape of research and practice in adult literacy. The first of these is the more recent of the two: the intersections between literacy and professional and workplace practice. The second is perhaps a more sustained and enduring concern in the field with the relationship of literacy to context, place and culture. In this sense, this issue of the journal is an expression of the reach and diversity of concerns with literacy in ‘social participation, the utilisation of social resources and the quality of life’ (Green, Lo Bianco and Wyn, this volume) and carries forward critical debates for the field across the span of practice from the workplace, to the classroom to the community.

The Role of Wage and Skill Differences in US-German Employment Differences / Die Bedeutung von Lohn- und Qualifikationsunterschieden für die deutschen-amerikanischen Beschäftigungsunterschiede

1999 ◽  
Vol 219 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Freeman ◽  
Ronald Schettkat
Keyword(s):  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Labor Demand ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Unskilled Labour ◽  
The Us ◽  
Literacy Survey ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
International Adult Literacy Survey

SummaryThe most popular explanation for greater job creation in the US than in Germany is that greater dispersion of wages coupled with less regulations governing the labour market and the product market in the US has induced firms to employ many less skilled workers. While popular, these explanations turn out to be difficult to prove empirically.Based on the Comparative German American Structural Database and the International Adult Literacy Survey we find that:1. Employment rates differ more than unemployment rates by skill levels and overall.2. German and US relative pay by level of skill was similar in 1970 but diverged in the 1980s.3. The German work force is more skilled than the US work force especially at the lower skill levels.4. The employment of skilled to unskilled labour within industries is unrelated to country differences in skill premium but changes in relatives wages are related to changes in relative employment.5. The differing dispersion of wages is not a major contributor to differences in employment rates between Germany and the US. The jobs problem in Germany is not primarily one of relative labor demand but of demand for labor in general.

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