Skills and Earnings in the Full-Time Labor Market The Impact of Human Capital in the American Labor Market Series PIAAC

Author(s):

Fogg, Neeta P.; Harrington, Paul E.; Khatiwada, Ishwar

Publication Year:

2018

Source:

Report of the ETS Center for Research on Human Capital and Education

Document Type:

Report

Page Count:

64

Subject/Key Words:

Human Capital, Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), Educational Attainment, Cognitive Skills, Work Experience, Literacy Skills, Numeracy Skills, Higher Education, Labor Market, School-to-Work Transition, Earnings, Employment

Abstract

This paper is the first in a series of policy reports dealing with the impact of human capital investments on the U.S. labor market. It is part of a larger series of papers from the ETS Center for Research on Human Capital and Education that uses data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) to better understand the relationship between human capital and opportunity in America today.

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