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Hard lessons for lifelong learners? Age and experience in the graduate labour market

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Purcell, Kate, Wilton, Nick and Elias, Peter (2007) Hard lessons for lifelong learners? Age and experience in the graduate labour market. Higher Education Quarterly, Volume 61 (Number 1). pp. 57-82. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2273.2006.00338.x

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Abstract

The expansion of the higher education system and widening access to undergraduate study has led to growing diversity within the graduate labour supply, including increasing numbers who studied for their degrees as mature students. Analysis of graduates entering the labour market prior to the major expansion in the early 1990s indicated that those over the age of 30 had considerably more difficulty than younger graduates in accessing the career opportunities for which their education had equipped them. Is this still the case for more recent graduates? Drawing on a major qualitative and quantitative study of a class of graduates who completed their undergraduate degree courses in 1995, this paper explores early career development and employment outcomes according to age at graduation. Although we find considerable diversity among all age groups, mature graduates were more likely than their younger peers to experience difficulty in accessing appropriate employment, had a lower rate of earnings growth and expressed higher levels of dissatisfaction with their jobs.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Adult students, Continuing education, Older people--Employment, Age discrimination in employment
Journal or Publication Title: Higher Education Quarterly
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0951-5224
Official Date: January 2007
Dates:
DateEvent
28 June 2008Available
January 2007Published
Volume: Volume 61
Number: Number 1
Number of Pages: 25
Page Range: pp. 57-82
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2006.00338.x
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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