Efficiency in the transformation of schooling into competences: A cross-country analysis using PIAAC data

Inés P. Murillo (), José L. Raymond () and Jorge Calero ()
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Inés P. Murillo: Universidad de Extremadura
José L. Raymond: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Jorge Calero: Universitat de Barcelona

No XREAP2017-11, Working Papers from Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP)

Abstract: This study (i) compares the competence levels of the adult population in a set of OECD countries; (ii) assesses the comparative efficiency with which the education system in each country transforms schooling into competences, distinguishing by educational level, and (iii) tracks the evolution of this efficiency by birth cohorts. Using PIAAC data, the paper applies standard parametric frontier techniques under two alternative specifications. The results obtained under both specifications are similar and identify Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Japan as being the most efficient and Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Ireland and Poland as the least efficient. The evolution of the efficiency levels by age cohorts shows that higher education is more efficient for younger cohorts, while lower and upper secondary education present a stable trend over cohorts.

Keywords: adult population competences; efficiency; PIAAC; parametric frontier techniques. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2017-11, Revised 2017-11
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