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Education policy reform and the return to schooling from instrumental variables Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Kevin Denny (Institute for Fiscal Studies and University College Dublin)
Colm Harmon
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This paper analyses levels of low literacy across twelve countries using the International Adult Literacy Survey. We go beyond existing work that only looks at the proportions below certain critical levels of literacy. Using methods developed for the measurement of poverty we calculate measures of literacy that are sensitive to the distribution of literacy within those defined as illiterate. This reveals a different pattern of the extent of literacy problems across countries and within some populations. These measures should be useful to policy makers who need to allocate resources to alleviate low literacy and numeracy.
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Paper Denny, Kevin & Harmon, Colm, 2000.
"Education Policy Reform and the Return to Schooling from Instrumental Variables ,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
2518, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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"Education Policy Reform and the Return to Schooling from Instrumental Variables ,"
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"Education Policy Reform and the Return to Schooling from Instrumental Variables ,"
Working Papers
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Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers
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"Estimates of Economic Return to Schooling in the UK ,"
Economics, Finance and Accounting Department Working Paper Series
n540195, Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting, National University of Ireland - Maynooth.
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Working Papers
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"A Review of Estimates of the Schooling/Earnings Relationship, with Tests for Publication Bias ,"
NBER Working Papers
7457, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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