An analysis of inequality of skills among adults with PIAAC 2012

Rosario Scandurra ()
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Rosario Scandurra: universidad de Barcelona

Chapter 00 in Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación, 2015, vol. 10, pp 23-36 from Asociación de Economía de la Educación

Abstract: The paper analyses through how the distribution of post-compulsory education between individuals and social groups affects inequality of skills among adults in different countries. The paper is based on data collected by the Survey of Adult Skills 2012 that measures proficiency in literacy and numeracy. In order to gain understanding of the relationship between different potentially explanatory factors of numeracy and literacy scores in PIAAC, separate sequential models were constructed for socioeconomic background, education and training, employment, and skills practices factors. The results show that even after accounting for all factors education remains the most important predictor of literacy and numeracy proficiency among adults. In all countries, however, the total effect of education on skills is partially explained by the unequal distribution of education among individuals from different socioeconomic backgrounds. The paper explores how different institutional arrangements, such as the differentiation of post-compulsory education and the expansion of the access to tertiary education, moderate the effect of individual socioeconomic background on the educational attainment and the skills of adults.

Keywords: skills; inequality; educación; piaac (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
ISBN: 978-84-944483-4-8
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