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General Adult Education of Displaced Workers in a Recession: The Effects on University Enrollment and Graduation

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Title: General Adult Education of Displaced Workers in a Recession: The Effects on University Enrollment and Graduation
Language: English
Authors: Anders Lindström
Source: Education Economics. 2024 32(3):339-354.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Adult Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment, Secondary Education, Higher Education, Financial Problems, Economic Climate, Unemployment, Dislocated Workers, General Education, Adult Education, Educational History, Job Layoff, College Enrollment, College Graduates, Universities, Bachelors Degrees
Geographic Terms: Sweden
DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2023.2211749
ISSN: 0964-5292
1469-5782
Abstract: This article studies a sample of displaced workers during the deep 1990s recession in Sweden and estimates the effect of secondary-level adult education on tertiary-level educational attainment. Plant closures and mass layoffs are used to identify job separations unrelated to individual productivity. Results indicate a large positive effect of general adult education on displaced workers' further investment in human capital by continuing on to university education. These findings offer some explanation of findings in previous research, i.e. slow recovery of post-treatment earnings among workers enrolled in adult education, with positive treatment effects on earnings emerging in the long run.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1423385
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This article studies a sample of displaced workers during the deep 1990s recession in Sweden and estimates the effect of secondary-level adult education on tertiary-level educational attainment. Plant closures and mass layoffs are used to identify job separations unrelated to individual productivity. Results indicate a large positive effect of general adult education on displaced workers' further investment in human capital by continuing on to university education. These findings offer some explanation of findings in previous research, i.e. slow recovery of post-treatment earnings among workers enrolled in adult education, with positive treatment effects on earnings emerging in the long run.
ISSN:0964-5292
1469-5782
DOI:10.1080/09645292.2023.2211749