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The adult skills gap : is falling investment in UK adults stalling social mobility?

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Dickinson, Peter and Luchinskaya, Daria (2019) The adult skills gap : is falling investment in UK adults stalling social mobility? London, UK: The Social Mobility Commission.

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Abstract

In this report, we look at the adult skills landscape – by examining who invests in, and who participates in, job-related training and education. We consider how these trends have changed over time and to what extent adult skills affect social mobility.
The analysis draws on two main datasets, the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Understanding Society (UKHLS). The Quarterly Labour Force Survey is a survey of randomly-selected households.
We uncover evidence that people from the lowest socio-economic backgrounds are the least likely to receive adult skills investment. First, there is growing evidence to suggest that those whose parents were working class are less likely to do training than if their parents were middle class – even though they are doing the same type of job. Second, employers are more likely to invest in those with higher skills while better-off individuals are also more likely to fund their own training. This results in widening existing skills gaps as people from working class backgrounds are less likely to have higher skills – and are less likely to earn high wages – than their peers from better off backgrounds.

Item Type: Report
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
Publisher: The Social Mobility Commission
Place of Publication: London, UK
Official Date: January 2019
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January 2019Published
Number of Pages: 72
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Copyright Holders: The Social Mobility Commission
Funder: The Social Mobility Commission
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