Skills for the 21st Century in Latin America and the Caribbean
There is growing interest, worldwide, in the link between education systems and the production of skills that are valued in the labor market. With growth stagnating and unemployment soaring in much of the world, educators are being asked to focus m...
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ABLE STUDENTS ACQUISITION OF SKILLS ADULT POPULATIONS BASIC SKILLS CALL COGNITIVE SKILLS COLLEGE GRADUATE CURRICULA DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DROPOUT RATES EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION INVESTMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS EDUCATIONAL CHOICES EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS EDUCATIONAL EXPANSION EDUCATIONAL HISTORY EDUCATORS EFFECTS OF EDUCATION ENROLLMENT EXPANSION OF EDUCATION FAMILY LIFE FORMAL EDUCATION GENERIC SKILLS GRADE LEVELS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNING NEEDS LEARNING OUTCOMES LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERACY SKILLS MATHEMATICS NEGATIVE EFFECTS NEW ENTRANTS NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PARITY PEER REVIEW PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS PERSONALITY POOR PERFORMANCE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY GRADUATES QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING RETURNS TO EDUCATION RIGOROUS ANALYSIS SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL DROPOUTS SCHOOL EFFECTS SCHOOL GRADUATE SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY LEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOL SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES SKILL TRAINING SKILLED WORKERS SKILLED WORKFORCE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES TRAINING PROGRAMS TYPES OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION YOUNG PEOPLE |
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ABLE STUDENTS ACQUISITION OF SKILLS ADULT POPULATIONS BASIC SKILLS CALL COGNITIVE SKILLS COLLEGE GRADUATE CURRICULA DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DROPOUT RATES EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION INVESTMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS EDUCATIONAL CHOICES EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS EDUCATIONAL EXPANSION EDUCATIONAL HISTORY EDUCATORS EFFECTS OF EDUCATION ENROLLMENT EXPANSION OF EDUCATION FAMILY LIFE FORMAL EDUCATION GENERIC SKILLS GRADE LEVELS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNING NEEDS LEARNING OUTCOMES LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERACY SKILLS MATHEMATICS NEGATIVE EFFECTS NEW ENTRANTS NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PARITY PEER REVIEW PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS PERSONALITY POOR PERFORMANCE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY GRADUATES QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING RETURNS TO EDUCATION RIGOROUS ANALYSIS SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL DROPOUTS SCHOOL EFFECTS SCHOOL GRADUATE SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY LEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOL SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES SKILL TRAINING SKILLED WORKERS SKILLED WORKFORCE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES TRAINING PROGRAMS TYPES OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION YOUNG PEOPLE Aedo, Cristian Walker, Ian Skills for the 21st Century in Latin America and the Caribbean |
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Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean Latin America |
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Directions in Development ; human development |
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There is growing interest, worldwide, in
the link between education systems and the production of
skills that are valued in the labor market. With growth
stagnating and unemployment soaring in much of the world,
educators are being asked to focus more on producing skills
that feed into labor productivity and support the
sustainable growth of employment and incomes. This timely
volume contributes important new findings on the dynamics of
education systems and labor market outcomes in Latin America
and the Caribbean (LAC). It analyzes an important recent
shift in labor market trends in LAC: the first decade of the
21st century has witnessed a marked decline in the earnings
premia for university and secondary education. This, in
turn, is contributing to reduced income inequality across
the region. The recent trend contrasts with the sharp rise
in tertiary earnings premia that was observed in the 1990s
and that helped to reinforce high levels of income
inequality in the region at that time. The authors recommend
that, having achieved very large increases in secondary and
tertiary enrollment, the region should now focus on
improving the quality of its education systems and the
pertinence of education curricula for the needs of the labor
market. At age 15, the learning achievement of the average
Latin American student still lags two years behind his or
her Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) contemporary. The study opens up an important agenda
for future research. While the evidence presented on the
trends in education earnings premia is clear, the
conclusions about the causes and significance of those
trends are largely based on suggestive evidence for a
limited number of countries, and are not definitive because
of data limitations. The findings call for further in-depth
analysis of the nature of skill mismatches, to inform
policies that can strengthen the region's future
economic growth by enhancing the productivity and earnings
potential of the workforce. |
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Aedo, Cristian Walker, Ian |
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Aedo, Cristian Walker, Ian |
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Aedo, Cristian |
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Skills for the 21st Century in Latin
America and the Caribbean |
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Skills for the 21st Century in Latin
America and the Caribbean |
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Skills for the 21st Century in Latin
America and the Caribbean |
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Skills for the 21st Century in Latin
America and the Caribbean |
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Skills for the 21st Century in Latin
America and the Caribbean |
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skills for the 21st century in latin
america and the caribbean |
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World Bank |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-22362021-04-23T14:02:00Z Skills for the 21st Century in Latin America and the Caribbean Aedo, Cristian Walker, Ian ABLE STUDENTS ACQUISITION OF SKILLS ADULT POPULATIONS BASIC SKILLS CALL COGNITIVE SKILLS COLLEGE GRADUATE CURRICULA DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DROPOUT RATES EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION INVESTMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS EDUCATIONAL CHOICES EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS EDUCATIONAL EXPANSION EDUCATIONAL HISTORY EDUCATORS EFFECTS OF EDUCATION ENROLLMENT EXPANSION OF EDUCATION FAMILY LIFE FORMAL EDUCATION GENERIC SKILLS GRADE LEVELS HIGH SCHOOL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNING NEEDS LEARNING OUTCOMES LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERACY SKILLS MATHEMATICS NEGATIVE EFFECTS NEW ENTRANTS NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS PAPERS PARENTAL EDUCATION PARITY PEER REVIEW PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS PERSONALITY POOR PERFORMANCE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY GRADUATES QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING RETURNS TO EDUCATION RIGOROUS ANALYSIS SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL DROPOUTS SCHOOL EFFECTS SCHOOL GRADUATE SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY LEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOL SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES SKILL TRAINING SKILLED WORKERS SKILLED WORKFORCE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES TRAINING PROGRAMS TYPES OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION YOUNG PEOPLE There is growing interest, worldwide, in the link between education systems and the production of skills that are valued in the labor market. With growth stagnating and unemployment soaring in much of the world, educators are being asked to focus more on producing skills that feed into labor productivity and support the sustainable growth of employment and incomes. This timely volume contributes important new findings on the dynamics of education systems and labor market outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It analyzes an important recent shift in labor market trends in LAC: the first decade of the 21st century has witnessed a marked decline in the earnings premia for university and secondary education. This, in turn, is contributing to reduced income inequality across the region. The recent trend contrasts with the sharp rise in tertiary earnings premia that was observed in the 1990s and that helped to reinforce high levels of income inequality in the region at that time. The authors recommend that, having achieved very large increases in secondary and tertiary enrollment, the region should now focus on improving the quality of its education systems and the pertinence of education curricula for the needs of the labor market. At age 15, the learning achievement of the average Latin American student still lags two years behind his or her Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) contemporary. The study opens up an important agenda for future research. While the evidence presented on the trends in education earnings premia is clear, the conclusions about the causes and significance of those trends are largely based on suggestive evidence for a limited number of countries, and are not definitive because of data limitations. The findings call for further in-depth analysis of the nature of skill mismatches, to inform policies that can strengthen the region's future economic growth by enhancing the productivity and earnings potential of the workforce. 2012-03-19T08:44:15Z 2012-03-19T08:44:15Z 2012-02-09 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000386194_20120127034728 978-0-8213-8971-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2236 English Directions in Development ; human development CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean Latin America |