Adult literacy, heterogeneity and returns to schooling in Chile †

We examine the importance of adult functional literacy skills for individuals using a quantile regression methodology. The inclusion of the direct measure of basic skills reduces the return to schooling by 27%, equivalent to two additional years of schooling, while a one standard deviation increase...

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Main Authors: Sakellariou, Christos, Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97879
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18056
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English

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