Der dritte Bildungsweg, d.h. der Hochschulzugang ohne zusätzlichen Schulbesuch über eine berufliche Ausbildung und Tätigkeit wird von einer kleinen jedoch steigenden Zahl von Menschen beschritten. Die vorliegende qualitative Studie untersuchte Lernbiografien von Studierenden des Dritten...

Most OECD countries experience high unemployment rates and declining growth in higher educational attainment. An often suggested government policy is therefore to allocate resources towards formal schooling for adults. However, returns on such investments are uncertain and the foregone earnings...

Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may participate in adult education programs. We analyze the effect of this on the duration to work and on the wage rate, by applying conditional difference-in-differences approaches. We...

Training programs for the unemployed typically involve teaching a specific skill to ease the transition into employment. However, in 1997, the Swedish unemployed could choose general/theoretical training through enrollment in one year of full-time studies at the upper secondary school level....

Training programs for the unemployed typically involve teaching specific skills in demand amongst employers. In 1997, Swedish unemployed could also choose general training at the upper secondary school level. Despite the dominance of programs offering specific training, long-term relative...

1. Overview: why skills matter -- 2. Adults' proficiency in key information-processing skills -- 3. The socio-demographic distribution of key information-processing skills -- 4. How skills are used in the workplace -- 5. The outcomes of investment in skills

Gering Qualifizierte weisen in Deutschland eine im Vergleich zum Bevölkerungsdurchschnitt deutlich niedrigere Beschäftigungsquote und Weiterbildungsbeteiligung auf. Auch im europäischen Vergleich schneidet Deutschland im Bereich der Arbeitsmarktintegration und Weiterbildung gering...

Despite efforts to engage youth in education, there have been only modest improvements in the rates of school completion across OECD countries since the mid-1990s. These modest improvements underline the importance of programs that encourage early school leavers to return to post-school...

Die Publikation systematisiert zwischen 1959 und 2011 veröffentlichte Forschungsergebnisse zum Zweiten und Dritten Bildungsweg in die Hochschule, identifiziert Diskussionsstränge und skizziert die aktuelle Lage. Professionsspezifische Zielsetzungen, institutioneller und biographischer Wandel...

Humankapital, zweiter Bildungsweg, Karriereunterbrechung, Mitgliedschaft, sozio-ökonomische Ergebnisse. - Human capital, second educational pathway, career interruption, membership, socio-economic outcomes