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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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Lebensumstände von Personen mit niedrigeren Lesekompetenzen : Analyse der grundlegenden Lesekomponenten aus PIAAC [PDF]
, 2016 Im Projekt PIAAC Reading Components werden mit dem gleichnamigen Modul in PIAAC die Lebensumstände von Personen mit niedrigen Lesekompetenzen in Deutschland und im internationalen Vergleich genauer untersucht. Die Daten werden im Licht des nationalen und
Perry, Anja +2 more
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European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT Supporting teachers to build their digital competence remains key to educational systems for responding to the continuous implications that new technologies entail. SELFIEforTEACHERS was designed to support teachers across Europe in reflecting on and improving their digital competence.
Anastasia Economou +4 more
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The PIAAC longitudinal study in Germany : rationale and design
, 2022 In Germany, the respondents who had participated in the 2012 survey of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) were re-approached for the panel study PIAAC-L.
Zabal, Anouk +4 more
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How to Study Family Learning Practices Mediated by Digital Platforms: A Scoping Review
Journal of Family Theory &Review, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 750-763, September 2026.ABSTRACT The dynamic and personalized nature of today's media ecosystem complicates the documentation and analysis of digital home learning environments. In response, innovative research methods have emerged, which we broadly categorize as passive (e.g., quantitative studies) or active participatory methods.
Moises Esteban‐Guitart +3 more
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Quantitative Effects of Employment Protection in OECD Labor Markets
The Manchester School, Volume 94, Issue 4, Page 398-412, July 2026.ABSTRACT This paper explores the quantitative role played by Employment Protection Legislation over employment and on‐the‐job training in the presence of dual labor markets across OECD economies. We extend the search and matching model by introducing formal education and investment decisions in training by firms, and a gap in firing costs between fixed‐
Joaquín Naval, José I. Silva
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, 2022 This project contains the material to supplement the PIAAC pre-conference workshop in 2022 (https://www.gesis.org/en/piaac/conference/programme). Topics are: (a) Principles of structural equation modelling and the complexities of the PIAAC data (b ...
Ronny Scherer, Tony Tan
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The Journal of Creative Behavior, Volume 60, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Large‐scale assessments often involve measurements with missing data where for a given student all items of a construct can be missing by design. In such circumstances, researchers are required to make methodological decisions in secondary analysis.
Clievins Selva, Jörg‐Henrik Heine
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Training Specificity and Occupational Mobility: Evidence From German Apprenticeships
Econometrica, Volume 94, Issue 3, Page 741-766, May 2026.Apprenticeships play a key role in enabling successful school‐to‐work transitions in many countries, but in the presence of imperfect information, the specificity of this type of training may entail important costs for those working outside their training fields.
Dita Eckardt
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Bonding social capital, disaster experience, and post‐disaster giving in Japan
Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract When are people willing to donate their time or money after a disaster? We investigate the psychological and socio‐economic determinants of post‐disaster giving in Japan, using a nationally representative panel survey of more than 7,000 respondents, conducted repeatedly from early 2020, including after the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake.
Toshihiro Okubo, Ilan Noy
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