The author examines the importance of adult functional literacy skills for individuals using a quantile regression methodology. The inclusion of the direct measure of basic skills reduces the return to schooling by 27 percent, equivalent to two additional years of schooling, while a one standard deviation increase in the score increases earnings by 20 percent. For those who are less skilled, more education contributes little to earnings; rather skills...
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2013/01/01
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82807
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2015/06/02
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Adult literacy, heterogeneity and returns to schooling in Chile
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years of schooling
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