Lifelong learning and employment outcomes: evidence from Sweden

Gabriel Heller-Sahlgren

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Abstract: We study the relationship between adult education and training (AET) and employment in Sweden. Exploiting rich data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, and using an inverse-probability weighted regression-adjustment estimator, we find that AET is positively related to the probability of doing paid work. This relationship is driven by non-formal, job-related AET, such as on-the-job training. We also find that the relationship–the strength of which increases with training intensity–is similar across different types of non-formal, job-related AET. The results suggest that policies stimulating relevant AET take-up have promise to secure higher employment.

Keywords: adult education and training; employment outcomes; PIAAC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I22 J24 M53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2023-03-04
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Published in Education Economics, 4, March, 2023, 31(2), pp. 189 - 210. ISSN: 0964-5292

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