The Decision to Return to Full-time Education

Wayne Thomas

Education Economics, 2001, vol. 9, issue 1, 37-51

Abstract: In the UK, there is a relatively high incidence of people returning to education after having left to take-up full-time employment. This might represent a society functioning properly; people renew their skills as newly opened areas of opportunity are identified. On the contrary, it might signify that they were ill advised to leave full-time education in the first place—mismatch. This paper uses National Child Development Survey data in order to identify individuals who return to full-time education. The background characteristics of returnees are examined and a model of the decision to return is estimated. It is found that the decision to return is in part explained by background, suggesting that initial mismatch does in part explain the decision to return to education.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1080/09645290125092

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