TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blossfeld,Hans-Peter
AU  - Kilpi,Elina
AU  - Vono de Vilhena,Daniela
AU  - Buchholz,Sandra
TI  - Adult learning in modern societies: an international comparison from a life-course perspective 
T2  - eduLIFE lifelong learning
SN  - 9781783475179 (hbk.)
AV  - LC 5225.L42 A38.2014
PY  - 2014///],
CY  - Cheltenham, UK
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Adult learning
KW  - Educación de adultos
N1  - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; pt. I INTRODUCTION -- 1.Adult Learning, Labor Market Outcomes, and Social Inequalities in Modern Societies / Hans-Peter Blossfeld -- pt. II COMPARATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS -- 2.Participation in Adult Learning in Europe: The Impact of Country-Level and Individual Characteristics / Elisabeth Reichart -- 3.Returns to Adult Learning in Comparative Perspective / Carlo Barone -- pt. III COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS -- 4.Adult Educational Participation and Implications for Employment in the US Context / Felix Weiss -- 5.Adult Learning in Australia: Predictors and Outcomes / Michele Haynes -- 6.Cumulative (Dis)advantage? Patterns of Participation and Outcomes of Adult Learning in Great Britain / Elina Kilpi-Jakonen -- 7.Job-Related Adult Learning in the Russian Federation: More Educational Opportunities without an Equalization Effect / Yuliya Kosyakova -- 8.Cumulative Inequality Effects of Adult Learning in Estonia / Eve-Liis Roosmaa --; 9.Adult Learning, Labor Market Outcomes, and Inequality: The Case of Sweden / Anders Stenberg -- 10.Adult Learners in Finland: Formal Adult Education as an Opportunity for Reducing Inequality? / Pekka Martikainen -- 11.Adult Learning in Denmark: Patterns of Participation in Adult Learning and Its Impact on Individuals' Labor Market Outcomes / Julia Unfried -- 12.Reinforcing Social Inequalities? Adult Learning and Returns to Adult Learning in Germany / Hans-Peter Blossfeld -- 13.Adult Learning in Hungary: Participation and Labor Market Outcomes / Peter Robert -- 14.Adult Learning in the Czech Republic: A Youth- and Female-Oriented System? / Natalie Simonova -- 15.Participation in Adult Learning in Spain and Its Impacts on Individuals' Labor Market Trajectories / Pau Miret Gamundi -- 16.Italy: A Segmented Labor Market with Stratified Adult Learning / Stefani Scherer --; pt. IV CONCLUSION --17.The Promise and Reality of Adult Learning in Modern Societies / Hans-Peter Blossfeld; Disponible también en World Wide Web
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