Hallsten, M. "Late Entry in Swedish Tertiary Education: Can the Opportunity of Lifelong Learning Promote Equality Over the Life Course?" Britis Journal of Industrial Relations 49(3):537-559, September 2011

[Eugene Garfield]

E-MAIL : martin.hallsten at sofi.su.se

TITLE : Late Entry in Swedish Tertiary Education: Can the Opportunity of 
Lifelong Learning Promote Equality Over the Life Course?  

Author(s): Hallsten, M (Hallsten, Martin)1,2  

Source: BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS  Volume: 49   Issue: 3   
Pages: 537-559   Published: SEP 2011  

Abstract: In this article, I investigate the relation between economic 
inequality and the decision to take up studies at the tertiary level late in life. 
Who exactly decides to enrol? Is it advantaged or disadvantaged groups in 
terms of current earnings rank, occupation, unemployment experience and 
social origin? Using unique register data of university applications and discrete 
time hazard regression models, the results show the likelihood of a late entry 
to be especially high for individuals who are disadvantaged to a moderate 
extent in terms of current earnings rank and also with some unemployment 
experience. Class differences in the transition to tertiary education decline 
with age. This suggests, with a moderate amount of simplification, that 
lifelong learning tends to promote both intra- and intergenerational equality.  

Document Type: Article  

Language: English  

KeyWords Plus: OCCUPATIONAL ATTAINMENT; DISPLACED WORKERS; DEGREE 
COMPLETION; COLLEGE; AGE; IMPACT  

Reprint Address: Hallsten, Martin (reprint author), Stockholm Univ, Swedish 
Inst Social Res SOFI, Stockholm, Sweden  
Addresses: 
1. Stockholm Univ, Swedish Inst Social Res SOFI, Stockholm, Sweden 
2. Stockholm Univ, Dept Sociol, Stockholm, Sweden  

Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, COMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 
02148, MA USA, http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/  
Discipline: MANAGEMENT  
CC Editions/Collections: Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS)  
ISI Document Delivery No: 802MZ  
ISSN: 0007-1080  

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