Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills
22 Pages Posted: 10 Nov 2016
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Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills
Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills
Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills
Date Written: October 11, 2016
Abstract
Expanded international data from the PIAAC survey of adult skills allow us to analyze potential sources of the cross-country variation of comparably estimated labor-market returns to skills in a more diverse set of 32 countries. Returns to skills are systematically larger in countries that have grown faster in the recent past, consistent with models where skills are particularly important for adaptation to dynamic economic change.
Keywords: Cognitive Skills, Returns to Education, Economic Growth, International Comparisons
JEL Classification: J310, I200, O150
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