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Download full textKarly Ford; Junghee Choi – Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2018
This paper uses combined 2012/14 U.S. PIAAC data to study whether literacy and numeracy skills mediate the relationship between college majors and earnings. The analysis explores the role individual skill plays in the relationship between academic major and labor market earnings for college graduates. The working sample includes only 4-year…
Descriptors: Adults, Literacy, Numeracy, Majors (Students)
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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
