scholarly journals Literacy Skills and Schooling from the International Adult Literacy Survey

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-203
Author(s):  
Kwangho Jung
Keyword(s):  
Adult Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Language Background ◽  
Literacy Survey ◽  
International Adult Literacy Survey

In the information age, literacy skills are becoming increasingly important in the knowledge economy. The use of new technologies in everyday life, changing demands in the labor market, and participation in the globalization process all require higher literacy skills. Although literacy skills are related factors such as demographic characteristics, ethnicity, and language background, schooling has been perceived as a key determinant of literacy skills. This paper reviews important texts in the area of literacy skills and schooling. In addition, relying on the IALS data, this paper identifies relationships between schooling and literacy skills in 20 countries. The article concludes with a discussion of policy implications for improving literacy skills and future research for nonlinear relationships between schooling and literacy skills and endogenous effects of schooling on literacy skills.

scholarly journals Functional Literacy in People's Lives

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milada Rabušicová ◽  
Pavla Oplatková
Keyword(s):  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Functional Literacy ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Literacy Survey ◽  
History Of ◽  
International Adult Literacy Survey

Functional Literacy in People's Lives The paper presents the results of a qualitative study into the lives of people with inadequate functional literacy skills. The data were collected through a biographical interview with a respondent whose characteristics correspond to those of a hypothetical person likely to exhibit signs of low functional literacy. The characteristics, such as gender, age, parental education achievements and job history, of this hypothetical person have been derived from the results of research into adult functional literacy undertaken in the Czech Republic in 1998-International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). The analysis of the qualitative data focuses on three domains of the respondent's life, namely her family life, her school years, and her life style. The paper identifies the coping strategies used by the respondent in her everyday life.

scholarly journals Automatization and Retention of Literacy Skills in Adult Learners

1970 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-36
Author(s):  
James M Bebko ◽  
Thomas Rhee ◽  
Carly McMorris ◽  
Magali Segers
Keyword(s):  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Adult Readers ◽  
Skill Retention ◽  
Literacy Interventions ◽  
Reading Grade Level ◽  
Component Skills ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

Findings from recent efficacy studies comparing literacy program types suggest that struggling adult readers often make limited to moderate gains across varied types of literacy interventions, with no specific approach consistently surpassing others to date. An alternative to comparing program types is to investigate whether there are specific characteristics or skills that vary by individual that can predict higher gains and skill retention across program type. Using an experimental, prospective, longitudinal design, the present study examined the role of automatization (over-learning) of component skills involved in reading during participation in general literacy programs. On average, participants in the study gained the equivalent of one full reading grade-level after participation in programs for six months. The degree of automatization of reading skills was found to be the strongest predictor of gains made during programs; a measure of automatization was also the strongest predictor of subsequent retention of skills, months later at follow-up testing. Implications for adult literacy practitioners and directions for future research related to skill retention are discussed.

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.

scholarly journals Maori Literacy: Its Influence on Earnings and Jobs

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Chapple
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Literacy Survey ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes ◽  
English Literacy ◽  
International Adult Literacy Survey

In terms of explaining the gap between Maori and non-Maori labour market outcomes, little attention has been given to literacy. Yet the 1977 New Zealand International Adult Literacy Survey showed that Maori tested English literacy was considerably lower than that of non-Maori in Prose, Document and Quantitative domains. The paper examines the links between Maori ethnicity, literacy and employment prospects and levels if earnings using cross-tabulations and multi-variate techniques on unit data.

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