The UK entered the deepest recession in history in 2020, following a decade of sluggish growth. Coronavirus restrictions led to a sharp rise in unemployment, vacancies plummeted, and millions were furloughed. The pandemic has also accelerated technological change, with increased digitalisation and firms discovering new ways to harness emerging…

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…

This paper addresses the question to what extent the strong positive correlation between education and training can be attributed to differences in individual-, job- and firm-specific characteristics. The novelty of this paper is to analyze previously unconsidered characteristics, in particular, job tasks and firm-fixed effects. The results show…