Skills-adjusted human capital shows rising global gap

• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2015826118
• Publication Date: 2021-02-13T05:52:12Z
• Authors: Wolfgang Lutz; Claudia Reiter; Caner Özdemir; Dilek Yildiz; Raquel Guimaraes; Anne Goujon
• Keywords: 504006 Demography; Adult; Employment; Male; demography; 330; INVESTMENT; Social Sciences; Literacy skills; Education; Literacy; 504005 Bildungssoziologie; COGNITIVE SKILLS; 0502 economics and business; QUALITY; SDG 8 – Menschenwürdige Arbeit und Wirtschaftswachstum; Humans; human capital indicator; cross-country analysis; 10. No inequality; 504005 Educational sociology; Developing Countries; literacy skills; Demography; EDUCATIONAL-ATTAINMENT; education; 504006 Demographie; Schools; Developed Countries; 4. Education; SDG 4 – Hochwertige Bildung; 05 social sciences; 1. No poverty; SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth; Middle Aged; Cross-country analysis; Human capital indicator; 8. Economic growth; Income; GROWTH; Female; HEALTH; SDG 4 - Quality Education

Significance After a rapid expansion of primary school enrollment rates in many developing countries starting around 2000, progress toward development goals was widely acknowledged. However, the comprehensive focus on tested literacy skills presented this paper shows that, countries, quantity came at expense quality. Given overriding importance skilled human capital modern knowledge societies, is worrisome trend with possible negative implications current COVID-19 crisis schooling possibly exacerbating situation.