Adult learning and the business cycle.

Autor/inn/en	Di Pietro, Giorgio; Karpinski, Zbigniew; Biagi, Federico
Institution	Europäische Gemeinschaften / Gemeinsame Forschungsstelle
Titel	Adult learning and the business cycle. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Erwachsenenbildung und der Konjunkturzyklus.
Quelle	Brüssel (2021), 11 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	JRC technical report; EUR. 30522
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
ISBN	978-92-76-27803-0
DOI	10.2760/950143
Schlagwörter	Bildungsbeteiligung; Informelles Lernen; Motivation; Partizipation; Rezession; Weiterbildung; Erwachsenenbildung; Weiterbildungsverhalten; Internationaler Vergleich; Konjunkturabhängigkeit; Europäische Union; Arbeitgeber; Belgien; Bulgarien; Dänemark; Estland; Finnland; Frankreich; Griechenland; Irland; Italien; Kroatien; Lettland; Litauen; Luxemburg; Malta; Niederlande; Polen; Portugal; Rumänien; Schweden; Slowakei; Slowenien; Spanien; Tschechische Republik; Ungarn; Zypern; Österreich
Abstract	"This report looks at the impact of the business cycle on participation in adult learning in the EU-27 using aggregate quarterly country level data for the period 2005Q1 - 2019Q4. Data come from the EU Labour Force Survey. Although downturns may give individuals more incentives and more time to update their skills and knowledge, their ability to pay for such investment as well as employers' willingness to train workforce are both likely to fall during recessions. Which of these effects prevails is an empirical open question. In an attempt to investigate this issue, the analysis presented here: i) documents a large cross country variability in the levels of total adult learning (participation rate in total adult learning is greater in Nordic countries compared to the other EU countries); ii) shows that, in the EU as a whole, the share of individuals involved in non-formal adult learning tends to correlate positively with the employment rate (i.e. non -formal adult learning is procyclical); iii) points out that the procyclicality of the relationship between total adult learning and the business cycle is more pronounced in Eastern and Western countries as compared to Nordic and Southern countries." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2021/3