Measuring and assessing the impact of basic skills on labour market outcomes

By Steve B. McIntosh, A. Vignoles. 2001

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The determinants and labour market effects of lifelong learning (2003, methodology): “This paper builds on, and draws heavily from, previous work on measuring the impact of qualifications on employment outcomes found in Dearden et al., (2000) and McIntosh and Vignoles (2001).”
Returns to Skills Around the World: Evidence from PIAAC (2014, unknown): “Other country-specific uses of the IALS data are found in McIntosh and Vignoles (2001), Green and Riddell (2003), and Green and Riddell (2013) who also use data from the 2003 follow-on Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL).”
School effects and ethnic, gender and socio-economic gaps in educational achievement at age 11 (2014, background): “…of primary school, since low achievement at age 11 is a key risk factor for subsequent low achievement at age 16, for leaving full-time education at the earliest opportunity, and for long term employment and occupational outcomes (Boudon, 1974; Kingdon & Cassen, 2010; McIntosh & Vignoles, 2000).”
If you are so smart, why aren't you an Entrepreneur? (2008, unknown): “The returns to math ability are mostly found to be significantly positive (Taubman and Wales, 1974; Willis and Rosen, 1979; Paglin and Rufolo, 1990; Murnane et al., 1995; McIntosh and Vignoles, 2001).”
Learning for Jobs OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training (2008, background): “Strong literacy and numeracy skills are associated with better earnings and employment rates, as indicated by studies from Australia (Chiswick, Lee and Miller, 2002) and the United Kingdom (McIntosh and Vignoles, 2001).”
Entrepreneurship Education in a Poverty Context: An Empowerment Perspective (2019, background): “Each is summarized as follows: a. Entrepreneurial literacies—Literacy problems vary significantly among the poor, with direct implications for entrepreneurship (Ahmed 2011; McIntosh and Vignoles 2001).”
Numeracy, literacy and earnings: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (2003, methodology): “…B), but they would seem to be consistent with those of Taubman and Wales (1974), Willis and Rosen (1979), Murnane, Willett, and Levy (1995) a nd McIntosh and Vignoles (2000), all of whom found that numeracy in various forms has a positive impact on earnings, controlling for educational…”
The Role of School Improvement in Economic Development (2007, unknown): “McIntosh and Vignoles (2001) study wages in the United Kingdom and find strong returns to both numeracy and literacy.13 Finnie and Meng (2002) and Green and Riddell (2003) investigate returns to cognitive skills in Canada.”
Accounting for the gender gaps in student performance in reading and mathematics: evidence from 31 countries (2008, background): “Student achievement also relates to a range of subsequent labour market outcomes including unemployment, unemployment duration, occupational status and earnings (Murnane et al., 1995; Lamb, 1997; McIntosh & Vignoles, 2001).”
The Economics of School Quality (2005, background): “McIntosh and Vignoles (2001) study wages in the United Kingdom and find strong returns to both numeracy and literacy.15 Finnie and Meng (2002) and Green and Riddell (2003) investigate returns to cognitive skills in Canada.”
Are between- and within-school differences in student performance largely due to socio-economic background? Evidence from 30 countries (2006, background): “…educational outcomes and more moderate direct effects on the labour market outcomes of young people (Jencks et al., 1979, pp. 101 – 110; Sewell et al., 1980; Teachman, 1987; OECD & Statistics Canada, 1997, pp. 46 – 54; Kerckhoff et al., 2001; McIntosh & Vignoles, 2001; Warren et al., 2002).”