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>> Education Indicators in Focus - No. 62 How does the earnings advantage of tertiary-educated workers evolve across generations?
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The demand and supply of tertiary workers contribute to shaping their earnings advantage. The expansion of tertiary education has been accompanied by a decrease in the earnings advantage of tertiary-educated younger and older workers in many OECD and partner countries. Tertiary-educated workers reap the largest advantage in countries where few adults have completed tertiary education. Older tertiary-educated workers benefit from both their relative scarcity among their generation and their longer professional experience, resulting in a higher earning advantage than their younger counterparts. It is difficult to say whether younger tertiary educated workers will achieve the same earnings advantage over time that the older generation currently enjoys. However, a formal qualification is not the sole assurance of higher earnings: higher skills lead to positive financial outcomes across all educational attainment levels. |
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| Chapter C: Access to education, participation and progression |
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| Initial education (children in pre-primary to tertiary education) | ||
| EDIF 33 | Focus on vocational education and training (VET) programmes | Blog |
| EDIF 15 | How are university students changing? | Blog |
| EDIF 19 | What are tertiary students choosing to study? | Blog |
| EDIF 42 | What are the benefits from early childhood education? | Blog |
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Adult education (continuing education, lifelong learning) |
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| EDIF 26 | Learning Begets Learning: Adult Participation in Lifelong Education | Blog |
| International mobility (student studying abroad) | ||
| EDIF 14 | How is international student mobility shaping up? | Blog |
| EDIF 39 | Blog | |
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| Transition from school to work (employment and education status) | ||
| EDIF 13 | How difficult is it to move from school to work? |
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| Chapter D: The learning environment and organisation of schools |
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| Students' instruction time | ||
| EDIF 22 | How much time do primary and lower secondary students spend in the classroom? | Blog |
| EDIF 38 | How is learning time organised in primary and secondary education? | Blog |
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Teachers' characteristics |
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| EDIF 20 | How old are the teachers? | Blog |
| EDIF 40 | Teachers’ ICT and problem-solving skills: Competencies and needs | Blog |
| Teachers' working conditions (teaching/working time, salaries, class size) | ||
| EDIF 21 | How much are teachers paid and how much does it matter? | Blog |
| EDIF 29 | How much time do teachers spend on teaching and non-teaching activities? | Blog |
| EDIF 9 | How does class size vary around the world? | Blog |
| EDIF 53 | How have teachers' salaries evolved and how do they compare to those of tertiary-educated workers? | Blog |
| EDIF 58 | How do primary and secondary teachers compare? | Blog |
| Methodology | ||
| EDIF 36 | What are the benefits of ISCED 2011 classification for indicators on education? | Blog |
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