Session 5:The Importance of Access to Professional Training and Higher Education

Hannover, 14th May 2014

Jutta Allmendinger

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I. Certificates and Competences

Basic Distributions

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Population with tertiary education attainment, by age group, 2013 (in percent)

Source: Eurostat-Online 2014, EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS). 3

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Population without secondary education, by age group, 2013 (in percent)

Source: Eurostat-Online 2014, EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS). 4

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Reading Competences, PISA 2012

Source: OECD, PISA 2012 Database. 5

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Mean literacy proficiency, by 10-year age groups, PIAAC 2012

Source: OECD, PIAAC 2012 Database. 6

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Dispersion and Level: Institutional Educational Profiles, PIAAC 2012

Data Source: PIAAC 2012, Authors Calculations.7

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Sources: Proportion of low competences: OECD, PIAAC 2012 Database.Proportion of low certificates: Eurostat-Online 2014, EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS).

Distribution of low competences (PIAAC) and low certificates, 2012 (in percent)

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Distribution of high competences (PIAAC) and high certificates, 2012(in percent)

Sources: Proportion of low competences: OECD, PIAAC 2012 Database.Proportion of low certificates: Eurostat-Online 2014, EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS). 9

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Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET),15-29 year-olds, 2013(in percent)

Source: Eurostat-Online 2014, EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS).10

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II. Employment

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Relative employment rate of 20-64 year-old workers, by educational attainment, 2012(in percentage points)

Source: Eurostat-Online 2014, EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS). 12

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Employment in Germany by Education (1996–2011)

Data Source: ELFS (second quarter based on yearly and quarterly surveys).13

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Employment in Italy by Education (1996–2011)

Data Source: ELFS (second quarter based on yearly and quarterly surveys).14

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III. Income

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Relative hourly earnings of 25-64 year-old workers, by educational attainment (2010)

Data Source: Eurostat-Online 2014, Structure of earnings survey (SES). Note: Data refer to enterprises with 10 employees or more and to NACE Rev.2 sections B to S excluding O. 16

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Relative hourly earnings of 25-64 year-old workers, by educational attainment (2006 and 2010)

Data Source: Eurostat-Online 2014, Structure of earnings survey (SES). Note: Data refer to enterprises with 10 employees or more and to NACE Rev.2 sections B to S excluding O. 17

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Relative earnings of 16-65 year-old workers, by PIAAC literacy competences (Literacy Competence Level 2 =100)

Data Source: PIAAC (2012), Authors Calculations. 18

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Data Source: Eurostat-Online 2014, SES.

Proportion of low-wage earners by qualification, 2010 (in %)

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Data Source: Eurostat-Online 2014, EU-SILC.

Proportion of Working Poor, 2012 (in %)

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Data Source: Proportion of Low Wage Earners: Eurostat-Online 2014, SES.Data Source: At risk of poverty rate by household type: Eurostat-Online 2014, EU-SILC.

Proportion of Low-Wage Earners (all employees) and Working Poor, 2010 (in %)

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Proportion of Low-Wage Earners (low educated employees) and Working Poor, 2010 (in %)

Data Source: Proportion of Low Wage Earners: Eurostat-Online 2014, SES.Data Source: At risk of poverty rate by household type: Eurostat-Online 2014, EU-SILC. 22

Thank you for your attention

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