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Autor/in | Fahr, René |
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Institution | Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit |
Titel | Loafing or learning? The demand for informal education. |
Quelle | Bonn: IZA (2003), 32 S.
PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) |
Reihe | Discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (Bonn). 859 |
Beigaben | Literaturangaben 20; Tabellen |
Sprache | englisch; englische Zusammenfassung |
Dokumenttyp | online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Bildungsinteresse; Bildungsniveau; Bedürfnis; Bildungsabschluss; Informelles Lernen; Datenanalyse; Finanzen; Lebenslanges Lernen; Freizeitgestaltung; Freizeitverhalten; Zeitbudget; Bedarf; FuE-Dokument; Qualität; Erwachsener; Deutschland |
Abstract | Using detailed time use data for Germany a positive correlation is found between the level of schooling education and time investments in informal education. Two hypotheses explain this observation: (1) highly educated people have higher opportunity costs of their leisure time and thus prefer leisure activities which add to their market productivity (wage effect) and (2) highly educated people have a preference for 'high quality' leisure (taste effect). The demand for informal education is derived in a household production model accounting for both explanations. An empirical investigation finds evidence for both effects with the taste effect being the more important effect. Highly educated people accumulate human capital through their specific leisure time use. This increases the skill-gap between higher and lower educated people. (DIPF/Orig.). |
Erfasst von | DIPF | Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main |
Update | 2005_(CD) |