National Adult Literacy Database

Series: International Adult Literacy Survey

Authors: Serge Coulombe, Jean-François Tremblay

Collection: Research Materials

What determines the differences in living standards across economies over the long run? This is the basic question that the authors of this paper attempt to answer. More specifically, this paper examines the role of human capital accumulation in explaining relative levels of income per capita across Canadian provinces between 1951 and 2001. For this study, the researchers used two different types of human capital indicators based respectively on university attainment and literacy test scores and used data from the 2003 Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey.

This report includes the following sections:
- Summary
- Highlights
- Measures of human capital
- Theoretical foundations and empirical methodology
- Results
- Conclusions

Added: 2008-05-23

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• Le capital humain et les niveaux de vie dans les provinces canadiennes

Series: International Adult Literacy Survey

Authors: Serge Coulombe, Sylvie Marchand, Jean-François Tremblay

Collection: Research Materials

Analysis of data from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) has demonstrated that directly assessed literacy and numeracy skills have a significant impact on a range of social and labour market outcomes observed at the individual level impacts that come on top of those attributable to educational attainment.
This paper estimates the impact that the level and distribution of directly assessed skill has had on rates of productivity growth and overall economic growth over the period 1960-1995 for a group of fourteen highly developed OECD economies.

Added: 2004-06-22

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• Performance en littératie, capital humain et croissance dans quatorze pays de l'OCDE