Literacy and Numeracy Skills and Life-Course Outcomes: Evidence from PIAAC and Linked Administrative Data

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aut.relation.endpage72
aut.relation.issue1
aut.relation.journalAustralian Journal of Labour Economics
aut.relation.startpage27
aut.relation.volume27
dc.contributor.authorMeehan, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorPacheco, Gail
dc.contributor.authorSchober, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-31T22:53:25Z
dc.date.available2024-10-31T22:53:25Z
dc.date.issued2024-10-15
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the life-course trajectories of NZ adults across different literacy and numeracy skill levels. This is done by using skill information for the working-age adult population (aged 16-65 years) collected in the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC). This sample is then linked with administrative data to track their life-course outcomes from 2008 to 2020. The outcomes of the one-fifth of NZ working-age adults who were assessed at below Level 2 in either literacy or numeracy (or both) are compared with those at or above this baseline. It finds that adults with low measured skills have less favourable outcomes in a number of areas. They have lower rates of educational attainment, lower employment rates and average earnings, higher rates of hospitalisation, and higher rates of criminal offending and convictions. In addition, outcomes for Māori and Pacific peoples in both the low-skills and above-baseline groups are generally less favourable than those of their NZ European counterparts. For example, even among those with above-baseline skills, Māori and Pacific peoples have lower average earnings than NZ Europeans. These results provide a quantifiable evidence base regarding the role of literacy and numeracy skills with respect to a range of wellbeing outcomes over the course of an individual’s life.
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Journal of Labour Economics, ISSN: 1328-1143 (Print); 1328-1143 (Online), 27(1), 27-72.
dc.identifier.issn1328-1143
dc.identifier.issn1328-1143
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/18216
dc.publisherAustralian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE)
dc.relation.urihttps://ajle.org/index.php/ajle_home/article/view/215
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dc.subject1402 Applied Economics
dc.subject1403 Econometrics
dc.subject1605 Policy and Administration
dc.subject3801 Applied economics
dc.subject4407 Policy and administration
dc.titleLiteracy and Numeracy Skills and Life-Course Outcomes: Evidence from PIAAC and Linked Administrative Data
dc.typeJournal Article
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