There are no significant effects of literacy and numeracy on earnings equations.

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Bishop (1992) and Blackburn and Neumark (1995), both using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) data, found no significant effects of literacy and numeracy on earnings equations.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775711000483

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Literacy does not appear to have an effect on earnings, although it seems to increase the likelihood of attending college.

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Income of a person with poor literacy stays about the same throughout their working life

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Literacy does not appear to have an effect on earnings, although it seems to increase the likelihood of attending college.

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