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dc.contributor.author | Albæk, Karsten | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-14T12:11:04Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-14T12:11:04Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/115380 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper investigates skills and the use of skills at work in 21 OECD countries. The skills included in the analysis are literacy, numeracy and problem-solving. The paper investigates the conjecture that the deterioration of skills with age might be more pronounced in occupations with a limited use of skills than in occupations with more intensive use of these skills – an implication of the ‘use it or lose it’ hypothesis. I look at the development over age of both measured skills and the use of skills at work in two aggregate categories of occupations: a group of high-skilled workers (ISCO major ocupations from 0 to 4) and a group of low-skilled workers (ISCO major occupations from 5 to 9). High-skilled workers have higher measured skills than low-skilled workers and high-skilled workers use skills more at work than low-skilled workers. Measured skills decline from the age of 35 both for high- and low-skilled workers at about the same pace. The use of skills at work also declines from the age of 35 for both high-skilled workers and low-skilled workers at about the same pace, and at about the same rate as measured skills. The evidence does not support the ‘use it or lose it’ hypothesis. | ca |
dc.format.extent | 46 p. | - |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | ca |
dc.publisher | Institut d’Economia de Barcelona | ca |
dc.relation.isformatof | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ieb.ub.edu/2012022157/ieb/ultimes-publicacions | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | IEB Working Paper 2015/24 | - |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | [WP E-IEB15/24] | - |
dc.rights | cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Albæk et al., 2015 | - |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ | - |
dc.source | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers | - |
dc.subject.classification | Certificació d'aptituds professionals | cat |
dc.subject.classification | Competències professionals | cat |
dc.subject.classification | Envelliment | - |
dc.subject.other | Certification of vocational qualifications | eng |
dc.subject.other | Vocational qualifications | eng |
dc.subject.other | Aging | - |
dc.title | A test of the ‘lose it or use it’ hypothesis in labour markets around the world | ca |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper | ca |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | ca |
Appears in Collections: | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers |
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