Does adult education contribute to securing non-precarious employment?: A cross-national comparison

The objective of this article is to analyse the effect of acquiring a new formal qualification as an adult (measured as an upgrade or a side-step) on the likelihood of being in non-precarious employment. Three countries with similar longitudinal datasets are compared: Spain, the UK and Russia. The r...

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Published in:Work, employment and society employment and society, 2016-02, Vol.30 (1), p.97-117
Main Authors: Vilhena, Daniela Vono de, Kosyakova, Yuliya, Kilpi-Jakonen, Elina, McMullin, Patricia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult education
Adults
Arbeitsmarktchance
Arbeitsplatzsicherheit
Berufliche Qualifikation
Beschäftigungseffekt
Bildungsertrag
Comparative studies
Employment
Employment status
Erwachsenenbildung
Großbritannien
Insecure
International comparisons
Internationaler Vergleich
Katalonien
Keynesian theory
Labor market
Labour market
Market structure
Qualifikation
Qualifikationserwerb
Russia
Russland
Spain
Spanien
United Kingdom
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Summary:The objective of this article is to analyse the effect of acquiring a new formal qualification as an adult (measured as an upgrade or a side-step) on the likelihood of being in non-precarious employment. Three countries with similar longitudinal datasets are compared: Spain, the UK and Russia. The results indicate that adult education is beneficial in the three countries; with differences, however, depending on the definition of precarious employment used and the (previous) employment status of individuals. The findings suggest that the differences among countries are related to different labour market structures: adult education has a clearer beneficial impact on accessing and remaining in non-precarious employment in more flexible employment systems than in more rigid insider-outsider economies, where labour trajectories are strongly determined by what happens during the first years after school.
ISSN:0950-0170
1469-8722
1469-8722
DOI:10.1177/0950017014561335