Making sense of the shapes: What do we know about literacy learning in adulthood?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2024.102537
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- Jenny C. Aker & James Berry & Melita Sawyer, 2023. "Making Sense of the Shapes: What Do We Know About Literacy Learning in Adulthood?," Working Papers 643, Center for Global Development.
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Adult education; Returns to education; Human capital investment;All these keywords.
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- Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
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