The effects of adult literacy on earnings and employment

被引：15

作者：

de Baldini Rocha, Mauna Soares ^{[1
]}

Ponczek, Vladimir ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Sao Paulo Sch Econ C Micro Fundacao Getulio Varga, Sao Paulo, Brazil

来源：

ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW | 2011年 / 30卷 / 04期

关键词：

Adult literacy; Longitudinal data; Labor force participation and earnings; SKILLS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.03.005

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper provides evidence of the effects of adult literacy on individuals income and employability in Brazil based on information obtained from the monthly employment survey (PME). The OLS results indicate that after controlling for observable characteristics, there is a 21.25% increase in wages for individuals who become literate; however, there is no significant impact on employability. Moreover, the findings show an 8.1% increase in the probability of being employed in the formal sector. We also explore the longitudinal structure of the dataset to control for unobservable fixed characteristics of individuals. The fixed-effects estimators show smaller effects compared to the OLS estimators. We find that literacy has a 4.4% effect on wages and a 4.3% impact on the probability of being formally employed. The effects are significantly different from zero. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：755 / 764

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