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Fachkräftemangel in der Weiterbildung / Skills shortage in continuing education

DIE BRIEF

Ausgewählte Publikationen und Forschungsprojekte kurz und bündig auf einer Seite vorgestellt. Ein Format des DIE-Wissenstransfers in Deutsch und Englisch. Selected publications and research projects presented briefly on one page. A format of the DIE knowledge transfer in German and English.

Global Competencies: Skills Required to Manage Far-Flung Enterprizes

Investigating prison factors related to literacy and numeracy skills of incarcerated adults

Finanzielles Wissen ist eine Grundkompetenz! / Financial knowledge is a basic skill!

Five key actions for redesigning adult skills assessments from learners, employees, and educators

Kooperationen für eine gemeinsame Fachkräftesicherung in der Region: Dokumentation der 5. FaBiS-Schulung

Alltagsmathematische Praktiken im höheren Lebensalter

Demographic change renders basic skills important at an increasingly older age. Among them, skills in financial matters are becoming increasingly rele- vant. The skills measured in PIAAC and CiLL represent comprehensive cognitive abilities which can be seen as the basis for successful participation in social and economic life. Based on a secondary analysis, this paper shows that financial prac- tices remain for older people, although their numeracy skills proficiency lower than those of younger…

Unterinvestieren Betriebe in berufliche Weiterbildung?

Labor economists argue that private investment in the training of workers may be too low. This view is based on the notion of worker skills being a common-pool resource available in principle to any employer. Such under-investment ought to be more pronounced the less difficult it is for outside firms to exploit the skills of workers qualified elsewhere. Thus, higher labor turnover may be expected to reduce firms’ commitment to developing worker qualifications; investment in general skills shoul…