Learning to Adapt: Does Returning to Education Improve Labour Market Outcomes?

Autor/in	Chesters, Jenny
Titel	Learning to Adapt: Does Returning to Education Improve Labour Market Outcomes?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 33 (2014) 6, S.755-769 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
DOI	10.1080/02601370.2014.971893
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Reentry Students; Education Work Relationship; Labor Force; Adult Education; Qualifications; Employment Potential; Outcomes of Education; Educational Attainment; Vocational Education; Certification; Regression (Statistics); Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Labour force; Arbeitskraft; Erwerbsbevölkerung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Australien
Abstract	The transition into a post-industrial economy changed the nature of the Australian labour market extinguishing jobs in traditional industries and creating jobs in new industries. Workers displaced from the manufacturing sector and women seeking to re-enter the labour market after taking time out for family reasons need to retrain in order to secure full-time employment in new industries. Consequently, returning to education is a relatively common occurrence in Australia as adults adapt to the changing demands of the labour market. Using the first 12 waves of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia data, this paper examines the characteristics of those who return to education and gain new educational qualifications. The effect of upgrading educational qualifications on employment outcomes is also examined. The results show that those with higher levels of education were more likely than those with low levels of education to complete new qualifications after the age of 25 and that employment outcomes vary according to level of qualification completed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10