The social distribution of lifelong training in Spain
Keywords:
adult education, lifelong learning, job qualifications, information societyAbstract
This article analyzes the relationship between lifelong learning and the distributive pattern of education before access into the labor market. Taking into consideration several types of adult education such as continuing vocational training, occupational formation, and longlife, experiential and independent learning, we argue that market dynamics leads to an increase of initial gaps and educational inequalities in the information society labor. Furthermore, it is shown how vocational training (whether public or private) leans to favor more skilled workers or those in a better position in the labor market, in what is known as Mathew effect. These analyses are based on a sample survey of 1.044 respondents of the Spanish labor force and processed by means of logistic regressions.Downloads
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2010-06-01
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Escobar, M., Rivière, J., & Glik, L. (2010). The social distribution of lifelong training in Spain. Spanish Journal of Sociology, (14). Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/res/article/view/65178
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