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Stepping up skills in urban Ghana : snapshot of the STEP skills measurement survey /
The Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP) Survey is an initiative of the World Bank in cooperation with other development partners and nongovernmental agencies and carried out in more than 14 countries globally. In Ghana, the first phase of the survey focusing on adults in urban communiti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
World Bank Publications,
2017.
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| Colección: | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Stepping up skills in urban Ghana : |b snapshot of the STEP skills measurement survey / |c Peter Darvas, Marta Favara, and Tamara Arnold. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Washington, DC : |b World Bank Publications, |c 2017. | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (xxv, 150 pages) : |b color illustrations | ||
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| 490 | 1 | |a Directions in development. Human development | |
| 588 | 0 | |a Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 18, 2017). | |
| 500 | |a "The Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP) Survey is an initiative of the World Bank in cooperation with other development partners and nongovernmental agencies and carried out in more than 14 countries globally. In Ghana, the first phase of the survey focusing on adults in urban communities was carried out in cooperation with the University of Ghana's Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER), the Ministry of Education, the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), and the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)'--Publisher's Web site | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Overview; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Country Context; Economic, Social, and Demographic Trends; Education and Skills; Persistent Challenges in Education; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework: Why Is It Important to Focus on Skills?; Introduction; Which Skills Are Relevant?; How Are Cognitive, Behavioral, and Technical Skills Formed?; Understanding the Focus on Adults and Urban Areas; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Skills Toward Employment and Productivity Data; Introduction; Data and Sample Characteristics; Types of Skills Measured. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a MethodologyNote; References; Chapter 4 Education Issues in Ghana; Foundational Skills: Early Childhood Education; Socioeconomic Disparities; Constraints for Education: Late Entry, Completion Delay, and Dropouts; The Gender Gap in Education; Reference; Chapter 5 Labor Market Participation; Introduction; Wage Employment, Self-Employment, and Formality; Occupation Type; Economic Sector of Occupation; Gender Disparities; Notes; Reference; Chapter 6 The Use of Cognitive Skills, Job-Specific Skills, and Literacy; Introduction; The Use of Cognitive Skills: Overall Use and Intensity of Use. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Job-Relevant (or Task-Related) Skills. Socioemotional Skills; Reading Literacy Assessment; Developing Skills beyond Education: Training and Apprenticeships; Notes; References; Chapter 7 The Returns to Education and Skills: Building the Job-Relevant Skills That Employers Demand; Introduction; Returns to Education and Skills; Returns to Education: Is There a Gender Premium?; Notes; References; Chapter 8 Mismatch of Skills: A Measurement Issue and Unexploited Potential at Work; Mismatch between Self-Reported Skills and Core Literacy Test Results: Does Language Matter? | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Are There Unexploited Skills in the Workforce? Conclusions and Looking Forward; Appendix A Summary of Statistics; Appendix B Skills Definitions, Survey Questions, and Aggregation Strategy; Appendix C Definitions of Variables Used in the Analysis; Appendix D Differences in Mean; Appendix E Returns to Education and Skills; Appendix F Mismatch of Skills and Unexploited Potential Tables; Appendix G Effect of Socioemotional Skills on Education and Labor Outcomes; Boxes; Box 1.1 The Ghanaian Education System; Box 2.1 Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP). | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Box 4.1 Definitions of Education VariablesBox 5.1 Definitions of Labor Market Terms Used in the Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP) Survey; Box 6.1 What Does It Mean to Pass the Core Literacy Test?; Figures; Figure 1.1 Net Migration Rate, by Region; Figure B2.1.1 The Skills Toward Employment and Productivity Framework; Figure 2.1 Skills Classification; Figure 3.1 The STEP Household Survey Instrument; Figure 3.2 Workflow for the STEP Skills Measurement Survey; Figure 4.1 Participation in Early Childhood Education in Ghana. | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. | ||
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