Attainment
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Second, the educational
attainment
levels of the workforce must be increased.
The higher the educational
attainment
level associated with an occupation’s requirements, the lower the probability of its displacement by a smart machine.
In the US, educational
attainment
levels are not keeping pace with technology’s demands.
The pursuit of individual
attainment
is the hallmark of our time, eclipsing the collective dimension of human destiny.
Because educational
attainment
has been advancing only modestly in the US since the turn of the century, we would expect the wage gap to be rising steeply, as it did in the 1980s and 1990s.
Long-term joblessness and youth unemployment remain far too high, with skills erosion, reduced mobility, and a growing opportunity gap relative to formal educational
attainment
risking lasting damage in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
Rising educational
attainment
is helping to promote more technologically sophisticated exports as well.
Although Pakistan is a signatory to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, which include
attainment
of universal literacy for both boys and girls by 2015, the country is far from achieving the target, with literacy rates of 70% for boys and only 45% for girls in 2010.
While South Asia performs worst in overall gender equality and women’s attainment, it comprises three of the top five countries in terms of political empowerment (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and India).
We can, however, count on rising rates of female labor-force participation (spurred by continued low fertility), increased levels of effective labor as educational
attainment
continues to rise, and higher savings rates in anticipation of greater longevity and longer retirements.
But these trends tended to persist within occupations, industries, and educational
attainment
levels, thus providing little guidance concerning what occupation to choose or how much education to pursue.
Today, Singapore routinely ranks among the top performers in educational attainment, as measured by the OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment (PISA).
Moreover, the curriculum for secondary education is modeled on the British O level and A level qualifications (with some adaptation to account for the generally higher average
attainment
levels of students in Singapore).
As it stands, the rate of return-adjusted educational
attainment
for Chinese aged 50-60 is half that of those aged 20-25.
Indeed, the level of educational
attainment
in China continues to improve.
The effects of a shrinking labor force will be compounded by rising educational
attainment
in developed countries, which will leave fewer people interested in taking on low-skilled service jobs or in working in the trades and construction.
This has contributed to considerable progress in expanding educational opportunities and
attainment
worldwide.
Moreover, considerable progress has been made toward gender equality in educational opportunities and
attainment.
As a result, the gender gap in average years of schooling for the adult population – a widely used measure of educational
attainment
– has narrowed.
Maybe better-educated workers do their jobs more efficiently, in which case we will surely find a clear relationship between educational
attainment
and economic growth.
It did not mean the
attainment
of radical equality, but acceptance of Keynesian economics, the pursuit of full employment, the expansion of public education and pensions.
At a time of rising inequality – in the US, for example, gaps in higher education
attainment
by family income level have widened – a strong commitment to improving access for the economically disadvantaged is also vital.
If the million or so people of Persian and Turkish origin were included, the figures for educational
attainment
would probably be even higher.
The EITC has a proven record of success in encouraging work, reducing poverty, boosting educational attainment, increasing intergenerational mobility, and improving maternal and infant health.
If Niger, for example, were to end child marriage by 2030, the combination of higher educational
attainment
and lower fertility rates would leave the country $25 billion richer than it was in 2015.
And it was viewed as benign by central banks convinced that the
attainment
of price stability was sufficient to ensure a lasting “ Great Moderation” of economic volatility .
Examples from around the world show that poor, single mothers who receive frequent visits from nurses before and after they give birth provide better prenatal care, have fewer subsequent pregnancies, and increase their educational
attainment
and workforce participation.
Furthermore, poverty can and should be measured by many metrics other than money: life expectancy, educational attainment, health, and various other measures of human “functionings and capabilities” (as Amartya Sen calls them) are all important.
The level of intellectual
attainment
that resulted from the Industrial Revolution may turn out to have been a plateau.
Of the assorted “headwinds” that he cites, the enormous increase in inequality and the plateau reached in educational
attainment
represent threats that differentiate America’s position from that of other advanced countries.
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