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Adult Literacy Skills and Risk of Job Automation among Middle-Aged and Older Workers in the United States
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Donnette Narine; Takashi Yamashita; Runcie C. W. Chidebe; Phyllis A. Cummins; Jenna W. Kramer; Rita Karam – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2025
Job automation can undermine economic security for workers in general, and older workers, in particular. In this respect, consistently updating one's knowledge and skills is essential for being competitive in a technology-driven labor market. Older workers with lower adult literacy skills experience difficulties with continuous education and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Automation, Careers, Lifelong Learning
Digital Skills Use Profiles among Older Workers in the United States: A Person-Centered Approach
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Takashi Yamashita; Donnette Narine; Adeola Ojomo; Runcie C. W. Chidebe; Phyllis A. Cummins; Jenna W. Kramer; Rita Karam; Thomas J. Smith – Grantee Submission, 2024
Considering the digitalization of the workplace and increasingly crucial digital skill proficiency in the technology-rich labor market, the objectives of the present study are to develop digital skill use profiles and to identify specific individual characteristics that are linked with digital skill use patterns among older workers in the United…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Older Adults, Older Workers, Individual Characteristics
Adult Literacy Skills and Risk of Job Automation among Middle-Aged and Older Workers in the United States
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Donnette Narine; Takashi Yamashita; Runcie C. W. Chidebe; Phyllis A. Cummins; Jenna W. Kramer; Rita Karam – Grantee Submission, 2024
Job automation can undermine economic security for workers in general, and older workers, in particular. In this respect, consistently updating one's knowledge and skills is essential for being competitive in a technology-driven labor market. Older workers with lower adult literacy skills experience difficulties with continuous education and…
Descriptors: Automation, Careers, Lifelong Learning, Skill Development
Adult Competencies and Employment Outcomes among Older Workers in the U.S.: An Analysis of the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
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Yamashita, Takashi; Cummins, Phylls A.; Arbogast, Annabelle; Millar, Roberto – Grantee Submission, 2018
A growing segment of the U.S. workforce -- older workers -- face challenges such as a greater chance of being unemployed for a longer period of time than younger workers and skill obsolescence in contemporary societies. In an age of fast-paced economic and technological change, ongoing investment in human capital in the form of skill training…
Descriptors: Older Workers, Job Skills, Employment Patterns, International Assessment
Living Longer, Working Longer, Learning Longer
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Cummins, Phyllis A.; Bahr, Peter Riley; Yamashita, Takashi – Grantee Submission, 2022
In this chapter, we discuss changes in the age structure of the labor force, the need for continued skill upgrading over the life course to remain employable, patterns of participation in adult learning and development activities, and the role community colleges play in providing education and training to middle-aged and older adults. In an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Work Life Expectancy, Lifelong Learning, Community Colleges
Digital Skills and Older Workers: Supporting Success in Training and Employment in a Digital World
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Hecker, Ian; Spaulding, Shayne; Kuehn, Daniel – Urban Institute, 2021
The acceleration of the shift to online and remote learning and working brings new opportunities, but it also brings the potential for further inequities in the labor market. Older workers stand to benefit greatly from the expanded access that online and remote learning and working provides. This report documents some of the barriers and…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Job Skills, Employees, Barriers