Investment in Second-Chance Education for Adults and Income Development in Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Nordlund, Madelene; Stehlik, Tom; Strandh, Mattias
Titel	Investment in Second-Chance Education for Adults and Income Development in Sweden
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 26 (2013) 5, S.514-538 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2012.664633
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Income; Correlation; Educational Attainment; Salary Wage Differentials; Longitudinal Studies; Databases; Employment Potential; Role of Education; Data Analysis; Adults; Secondary Education; Labor Market; Economic Opportunities; Regression (Statistics); Reentry Students; Wages; Adult Education; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Einkommen; Korrelation; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Datenbank; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Bildungsauftrag; Auswertung; Sekundarbereich; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Wage; Löhne; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Schweden
Abstract	This article investigates the relation between the second chance of increase in formal education amongst low-educated adults in Sweden and long-term wage development. Despite the awareness of the role of education for employability and individuals' overall life chances, surprisingly few studies have investigated the wage effects of Second-Chance Education for adults. Research contributions referring to long-term effects of such educational investment are particularly limited. In this study, we use a longitudinal register database compiled by Statistics Sweden where we follow all low-educated adults in Sweden from 1992 over a time span of 12 years. The results show both impressive direct and long-term positive effects on wages after the adult attainment of a completed secondary education. In further analysis, a large proportion of the long-term effects are shown to relate to further educational attainment after the completion of Second-Chance Secondary Education. The conclusion drawn is that Second-Chance Education in Sweden is an effective tool for improving long-term labour market prospects and economic opportunities for low-educated adults, not least through its ability to start educational trajectories. (As Provided).
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