Adult skills and productivity: New evidence from PIAAC 2023

Annex A. Cross-country heterogeneity in the relationship between productivity and human capital in the OECD

Figure A1. Human capital - productivity link varies across the OECD – aggregate level evidence

Note: Human capital and productivity growth are demeaned at the country level to facilitate the comparison of changes in human capital and productivity across countries. Northern Europe and USA include Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United States. Southern & Eastern Europe and OECD emerging countries include Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, Chechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, and Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Israel, Mexico and Turkey. Remaining OECD include countries not included in the previous country groups.

Source: Andrews et al. (2024)