Jenkins, Andrew;
(2022)
Cumulative advantage and learning in mid-life.
Studies in Continuing Education
10.1080/0158037X.2022.2151583.
(In press).
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Abstract
This paper draws on longitudinal birth cohort data for Britain to analyse participation in learning activities by people in their 30s and 40s. People in this age group have received less attention than either young adults or people in retirement. Yet technical change and the need for new skills make it important for them to engage in learning to improve their prospects at work. We investigate participation and non-participation in a range of different types of learning including gaining qualifications, vocational training and learning for interest. Statistical models explore how factors which occur before their 30s influence learning in this phase of the lifecourse. The results show that cumulative advantage is important – those with the highest qualifications in early adulthood were most likely to engage in further learning later on. Participation in learning activities of any kind in young adulthood was also a key antecedent factor predicting higher chances of participating in learning in mid-life.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cumulative advantage and learning in mid-life |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0158037X.2022.2151583 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037X.2022.2151583 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Lifecourse, mid-life, adult learning, barriers to learning, cumulative advantage |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10160903 |
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