PIAAC-L was the nationwide long-term study of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) in Germany. The project was conducted by a consortium consisting of GESIS, the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the DIW Berlin, and LIfBi. Test takers from PIAAC in Germany and their families were re-interviewed three more times between 2014 and 2017, respectively subjected to alternative competence measures.

Research Questions

• How do individual competencies impact on the employment careers of people living in Germany?
• How are person abilities interrelated with occupational mobility?
• How are competencies distributed between individual families and between partners?
• And what does this mean for chances of upward mobility in our society?