Adult education and earnings: A 45-year longitudinal study of 834 Swedish men

Tuijnman, Albert; Chinapah, Vinayagum; Fägerlind, Ingemar

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“…The other is that occupational upward mobility as a result of further education attainment may be erroneously attributed to labour-force processes (Kerckhoff, 1990). These problems are especially serious when a signi¢cant amount of further educational attainment occurs after labourforce entry, as it does in a number of European countries (Mu« ller, 1977;Becker, 1991;Scho« mann and Becker, 1995;Bundesamt fu« r Statistik, 1989; Bundesamt fu« r Bildung und Wissenschaft and Bundesamt fu« r Industrie Gewerbe und Arbeit, 1988;Tuijnman et al, 1988;Tuijnman, 1989;Kerckhoff, 1990). To a lesser degree, it has also been increasing in the United States (Davis and Bumpass, 1976;Felmlee, 1988).…”

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“…A growing body of sociological research has been emerging since the 1980s (Bowlby and Shriver, 1970;Coleman et al, 1972;Davis and Bumpass, 1976;Mu« ller, 1977;Jones and Davis, 1986;Mangum and Adams, 1987;Shu« tze and Istance, 1987;Felmlee, 1988;Kalleberg and Lincoln, 1988;Tuijnman et al, 1988;Tuijnman, 1989;Kerckhoff, 1990;Becker, 1991Becker, , 1993Lynch, 1991). These ¢ndings have shown fairly consistent evidence that further education increases occupational prestige and improves employment conditions.…”

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The influence of further education on occupational mobility in Switzerland

Li¹

2000

European Sociological Review

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Further education attainment is an important part of the work life, but its impact on occupational achievement is far less well understood than basic education. In this study, we examine the in£uence of further education on occupational upward and downward mobility and gender di¡erences in the in£uence. Further, we address selection bias involved in this process. The sample for the study includes both men and women from the 1945^51 and 1959^61 birth cohorts in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. We employ Cox's proportional hazards model to estimate the e¡ects of three di¡erent types of further education on the rate of upward and downward mobility, independent of basic education, work-related individual attributes, and labour-market factors. The ¢ndings show that further education aimed at a formal credential, such as advanced training and retraining, increases chances for upward mobility. We found that the association between credential-oriented further education and upward mobility is stronger for women than for men. It re£ects greater selectivity among female participants.We also found that further education participation has only a moderate negative e¡ect on downward mobility. Basic education remains an e¡ective measure against downward mobility.

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The influence of further education on occupational mobility in Switzerland

Li¹

2000

European Sociological Review

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“…For example, one possibility would be to carry response style variables, which tap inconsistent or self-c0ntradictory answers to related questions, through all stages of the analysis. However, a previous study employing data derived from the Maim6 Study (Tuijnman 1989) found that response error is not a major problem in the data set examined.…”

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“…On this occasion, a questionnaire was administered in order to gather information about, among other variables, occupational careers, participation in adult education, attitudes to work and perceived wellbeing. The manifest variables used in this paper have been described in earlier publications emanating from the Maim6 Study (Hustn 1969;Fiigerlind 1975;Tuijnman 1989). Hence, the measures of adult education and wellbeing excepted, there is no compelling need to repeat these definitions here.…”

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“…Although the raw scores on these five-category scales are less skewed, entirely normal distributions are not achieved in spite of the restriction of range. Mean scores, standard deviations and factor Ioadings of the rescaled measures used in the analysis of data are presented in Tuijnman (1989). Table 1 presents the results of an analysis of data which seeks to compare the men who participated in adult education with those who did not, with respect to their mean scores on measures of job satisfaction, prospects for career development and perceived general wellbeing.…”

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Adult education and the quality of life

Tuijnman¹

1990

Int Rev Educ

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--The purpose of this study is to investigate the complementary role of adult education in influencing people's objective and subjective quality of life. The analytical strategy used to achieve this end is to estimate parameters in a path model which includes both objective indicators such as occupational status and earned income, and subjective indicators such as job satisfaction and perceived personal wellbeing. The investigation builds on Swedish data and employs the LISREL method in the fitting of the model to the data. The results indicate that adult education positively influences objective indicators of the quality of life. Even though adult education is found to relate to measures of perceived personal wellbeing, the hypothesis that it also influences the way men assess their life situation and evaluate their subjective quality of life cannot be confirmed.

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Dilemmas of open admissions policy: quality and efficiency in Swedish higher education

Tuijnman

1990

High Educ

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This paper is concerned with the critical question as to whether the performance of the Swedish system of higher education can be considered satisfactory in a general sense and in comparison with other countries. Different efficiency and quality criteria are used in identifying central problems besetting higher education in Sweden. It is concluded that a liberal, unified system with generous admission principles such as that of Sweden, despite its apparently low efficiency, nevertheless would seem to reach an internationally acceptable standard of yield relative to costs. Thus, it is suggested that the improved democratization of higher education in this Nordic country has not been bought at the general expense of quality, as is often claimed by people critical of progressive higher education.

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Adult education and earnings: A 45-year longitudinal study of 834 Swedish men

Cited by 16 publications

References 6 publications

The influence of further education on occupational mobility in Switzerland

The influence of further education on occupational mobility in Switzerland

Adult education and the quality of life

Dilemmas of open admissions policy: quality and efficiency in Swedish higher education

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