Adult education, stratification, and regime change: Upgrading and sidestepping in Russia, 1965-2005

Adult education influences how labor market opportunities are structured in the later life course. We propose a theoretical framework for understanding the stratifying role of adult education resting on the distinction between two forms of adult education—upgrading and sidestepping: Resources, incen...

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Published in:Sociology of education 2019-04, Vol.92 (2), p.124-149
Main Authors: Kosyakova, Yuliya, Gerber, Theodore P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult Education
Adults
Berufliche Mobilität
Berufliche Stellung
Beruflicher Aufstieg
Berufsverlauf
Bildungsbeteiligung
Bildungsertrag
Bildungsniveau
Credentials
Economic recovery
Educational Attainment
Educational Change
Educational History
Einkommenseffekt
Equal Education
Erwachsenenbildung
Foreign Countries
Höherqualifikation
Incentives
Labor market
Life course
Osteuropa
Participation
Politics of Education
Resting
Russland
Schichtzugehörigkeit
Social Change
Social Class
Social institutions
Social Mobility
Social Stratification
Social Systems
Socioeconomic factors
Sowjetunion
Soziale Herkunft
Soziale Schicht
Sozialer Aufstieg
Stratification
Transformation
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Summary:Adult education influences how labor market opportunities are structured in the later life course. We propose a theoretical framework for understanding the stratifying role of adult education resting on the distinction between two forms of adult education—upgrading and sidestepping: Resources, incentives, and selection processes systematically structure rates of participation. Using educational history data from Russia, we test hypotheses derived from our framework and examine the impact of the Soviet collapse and the ensuing economic recovery. Upgrading exacerbates patterns of socioeconomic stratification by delivering better credentials to individuals with higher levels of initial resources. Sidestepping is less common than upgrading and less related to socioeconomic origins and previous attainment. The Soviet collapse produced short-term declines in the rates of both upgrading and sidestepping. However, once growth resumed, market institutions proved durable, and the political regime stabilized, rates of upgrading soared to levels exceeding those of the Soviet era.
ISSN:0038-0407
1939-8573
1939-8573
DOI:10.1177/0038040718823192