"The main mechanism through which inequality affects growth is by undermining education opportunities for children from poor socio-economic backgrounds, lowering social mobility and hampering skills development," the OECD found.
An OECD research shows that inequality could stall economic growth because it hinders human capital accumulation by undermining education opportunities for disadvantaged individuals, lowering social mobility and hampering skills development.
Reduction in cognitive restraint with alcohol use also hampers skills for condom negotiation and their correct use.
But balance is key: Children's over-immersion in the digital world can affect language development, hamper communication skills and damage hearing.
Small housebuilders say that they are being hampered by skills shortages and industry leaders warn that Brexit could make the problem worse.
In underserved rural and urban communities, shortages in critical skills hamper the local workforces.
In fast changing global economy, dated technical skills can hamper resource-allocation and strategic decisions.
Moreover, since poor language skills may hamper life opportunities, social mobility, and job offers, we expect stronger effects from language proficiency among the highly educated.
However a combination of institutional disincentives for research, and the lack of opportunities for the rising generation of researchers to acquire advanced training skills, still hamper development of a research base appropriate to Turkey's size and aspirations.
The constant drinking of this jovial, bantering couple never hampered their investigative skills - quite the opposite, in fact.
A former Marxist guerrilla, Ms. Rousseff had never before held elected office, and critics say her lack of political skills hampered her ability to work with opposition members in Congress as well as key figures in her governing coalition.
