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Autor/inn/en | Riphahn, Regina T.; Trübswetter, Parvati |
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Institution | Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten |
Titel | Population aging and trends in the provision of continued education. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Demografischer Wandel und Weiterbildungstrends. |
Quelle | Berlin (2007), 23 S.; 111 KB
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Reihe | RatSWD working paper. 15 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | online; Monographie; Graue Literatur |
Schlagwörter | Bildungsbeteiligung; Demografischer Wandel; Weiterbildung; Weiterbildungsangebot; Altersabhängigkeit; Alter; Arbeitspapier; Älterer Arbeitnehmer |
Abstract | "This study investigates whether the incidence of continued vocational education has changed as the German workforce commenced an aging process which is expected to intensify. As the lifespan in productive employment lengthens human capital investments for older workers become increasingly worthwhile. Using the data of a German population survey we describe recent trends in the development of human capital investments and apply decomposition procedures to the probability of continued education. Holding everything else constant the shift in the population age distribution by itself would have lead to a decline in training participation over the considered period, 1996-2004. However, the decomposition analyses yield that behavioral changes caused an increase in training particularly among older workers. This is confirmed by multivariate regressions on pooled cross-sectional data: the increase in training probabilities is highest among older workers." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1996 bis 2004. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku). |
Erfasst von | Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg |
Update | 2008/3 |