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LABOUR, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper addresses the problem of assessment non‐completion in surveys within the context of cognitive skills measurement in sub‐Saharan Africa. The World Bank's STEP Skills Measurement Program represented a major initiative to measure skills in low‐ and middle‐income countries, with surveys conducted in two African countries, Ghana and ...
Andreas Backhaus
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The Impact of Digital Technologies on Skills‐to‐Job Mismatches
New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A pervasive discourse calls for worker upskilling amid ongoing digital transformation. This study introduces a skills‐to‐job mismatch perspective into research on the digital transformation of work by conceptualising technological adoption as a process that reshapes the relationship between workers’ skill endowments and evolving job ...
Ana Santiago‐Vela
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Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent studies suggest that health literacy (HL) may play an important role in management of individuals living with severe obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2), but to date, there has been no attempt to synthesize characteristics and outcomes of these studies.
Andrea Xia +5 more
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New Technologies and Adult Literacy and Numeracy in the UK
, 2004 Not ...
Mellar, Harvey, Kambouri, Maria
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Competing Under Oath: Can Honesty Pledges Reduce Cheating in Competitive Environments?
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT People frequently compete with one another for awards, benefits, contracts, positions, or roles. One of the regulatory challenges in these contexts lies in preventing people from making dishonest claims to win such competitions. Honesty pledges, asking people to commit to ethical behavior ex ante, have been found to reduce cheating under non ...
Ronit Montal‐Rosenberg +2 more
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The Role of Skills and Tasks in Gender Gaps in Latin America
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper, we explore gender gaps in the labor market in Latin America, incorporating two relevant factors often overlooked: skills and the type of tasks performed at work. The study is based on data from the 2018 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) for four Latin American countries.
Cristian Bonavida, Leonardo Gasparini
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Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The aims of the present study were to (i) identify profiles of belief in conspiracy theories, and to (ii) test whether the obtained profiles differed in analytical (rational ability, rational engagement, Cognitive Reflection Test) and intuitive thinking (experiential ability, experiential engagement), and science denial (vaccine, climate ...
Peter Karlsson +3 more
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School Science and Mathematics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Girls Excelling in Math and Science (GEMS) club is a long‐standing afterschool STEM program (1994–present). The study investigates the features of GEMS by exploring retrospective experiences of a group of original GEMS girls (OGGs) who attended GEMS in 1994–1995. Survey data were collected from 14 OGGs and in‐depth interview data from nine
Lili Zhou
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Breaking Out of Low‐Effort Traps: Bureaucratic Leadership by Persuasion
Governance, Volume 39, Issue 4, October 2026.ABSTRACT This paper tests if bureaucratic leadership impacts the quality of service provision of a difficult‐to‐monitor task: learning in public schools. Using the empirical case of rural India, it exploits an administrative setup with two types of bureaucrats for the same spatial unit, the district, that either have more authority or more ability to ...
Martin Haus
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Towards a common European numeracy framework for adults
, 2019 We are well into the 21st century now and the urgency for lifelong learning is growing especially regarding numeracy. There are major societal and policy pressures on education to prepare citizens for a complex and technologized society, in literature referred to as “21st century skills” (Voogt & ParejaRoblin, 2012), “global competences” (OECD, 2016a ...
Hoogland, Kees +2 more
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