Implications of New Life Course Patterns for Higher Education and Workforce Dynamics in Ireland

2020 ◽  
pp. 237-250
Author(s):  
Maria Slowey ◽  
Tanya Zubrzycki
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Life Course

scholarly journals Changes in Economic Status and Timing of Marriage of Young Canadians

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenaida R. Ravanera ◽  
Fernando Rajulton
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Panel Surveys ◽  
Economic Well Being

Using the longitudinal panel data collected through the Canadian Surveys of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) from 1993 to1998, we examined the hypotheses that (a) higher education delays marriage; (b) labour force participation and earnings of women, like those of men, increase the likelihood of marriage; and, (c) the magnitude of the effects of education and income varies by life course stages of the youth. Analyses were done for men aged 17-19, 20-22, and 23-25 and for women aged 15-17, 18-20, and 21-23 at the start of the panel surveys. Our findings confirm our hypotheses, namely, a longer stay in school lowers the risk of marrying while greater economic well-being increases the risk. The results also show that the effects of wages and salaries are strongest among the middle cohorts of men (20-22) and women (18-20) who are at the stage of forming their own independent lives.

scholarly journals Boomerang Behaviour and Emerging Adulthood: Moving Back to the Parental Home and the Parental Neighbourhood in Sweden

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 919-945
Author(s):  
Jenny Olofsson ◽  
Erika Sandow ◽  
Allan Findlay ◽  
Gunnar Malmberg
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Return Migration ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Parental Home ◽  
Economic Vulnerability ◽  
Course Changes

Abstract This paper makes two original contributions to research on young adults’ boomerang mobility. First, it reveals the magnitude and complexity of return moves by young people to their parental home and neighbourhood. Secondly, it shows that the determinants and associates of return migration vary significantly when analysed at two different geographical scales—the parental home and the parental neighbourhood area. Using longitudinal data (1986–2009) on four cohorts of young adults, we find that boomeranging to the parental home in Sweden has increased in times of economic recession and is associated with economic vulnerability, such as leaving higher education or entering unemployment, and partnership dissolution. While returning to the parental home can offer financial support in times of life course reversal, we found gender differences indicating a greater independence among young women than men. Returning to the parental neighbourhood is found to be a very different kind of mobility than returning to co-reside with one’s parents, involving the migration decisions of more economically independent young adults. Results also indicate that returns to the parental neighbourhood, as well as returns to the parental home, can be part of young people’s life course changes.

Benefits of higher education in mid-life: A life course agency perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulpukka Isopahkala-Bouret
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Master's Degrees ◽  
Higher Education Attainment ◽  
Societal Context ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

The purpose of this study is to investigate the benefits of higher education in mid-life from the perspective of life course agency. Studies concerning the benefits of degree-oriented higher education have been mainly conducted using survey questionnaires and quantitative methods. In order to gain a more comprehensive picture, this qualitative analysis provides an insider perspective. It analyses which benefits are significant to older graduates and in what ways. The inquiry is based on the life history interviews of mid-life professionals who pursued Master’s degrees from well-established Finnish universities in their fifties. A thematic narrative approach is used to analyse the data. The findings indicate that older graduates enjoy obvious benefits from attaining higher education and pursuing a new Master’s degree. However, there is much variation between graduates. The significance of experienced benefits depends on the overall life plan and expectations of the person concerned. The conclusion considers higher education attainment in mid-life in a wider societal context and suggests directions for future research.

Improving Higher Education Efficiency with Vocational Training Based on Alternation

2017 ◽  
pp. 177-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Nuninger ◽  
Jean-Marie Châtelet
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Training Requirement ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Work Integrated Learning ◽  
Perceived Complexity ◽  
Requirement Specifications ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter describes the main levers to develop an efficient vocational training offer in the context of a strategic displayed willingness for continuous improvement and excellence. The challenge, for the parties (learners included) over their life course, is to make clear of: first, the issues of training (repository of skills with challenging situations); second, the training requirement specifications dealing with the pedagogical culture of the trainers, the design of the Formative Work Situation and the responsibilities of actors helped by their inventive use of innovative tools (brown paper mapping) for the guidance; third, the chosen multi-level organization to monitor and ensure compliance thanks to convenient processes for quality. Despite the perceived complexity and difficulty of Work Integrated Learning, the choice of alternation is a key element to target excellence. Indeed, the integrated constraint of training for and through the workplace enhances the relationship between parties, their involvement and active attitude while sharing outcomes, benefits and cost.

HIGHER EDUCATION AND CRIMINAL OFFENDING OVER THE LIFE COURSE

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason A. Ford ◽  
Ryan D. Schroeder
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Criminal Offending ◽  
The Life Course

scholarly journals How to Understand Emerging Adulthood

2020 ◽  
pp. 37-58
Author(s):  
Herzog Patricia
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Course Development ◽  
Life Course Development ◽  
Transition Into Adulthood ◽  
Development Processes

Chapter 2 contextualizes emerging adulthood and changing life course development processes within larger economic, social, and cultural trends. Within this context, this chapter discusses the role of contemporary higher education in understanding and adapting to those changes. The chapter explains how changes that created the elongation of life course development, including longer periods of transition into adulthood, help to make sense of modern college students. Students learn how experiences with moving, changing identities, picking an academic path, as well as romantic partnering and breakups, all fit within the life stage tasks of establishing identity while forming intimate and durable relationships. Achieving a better grasp of how transitioning into adulthood looks for young people today helps students understand themselves, meet their needs, and explain themselves to others.

Sources of Friendship and Structurally Induced Homophily across the Life Course

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 822-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuben J. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Course Changes ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Made In

How people meet new friends changes throughout life in ways that change the potential for diverse friendships. This study presents results from the first U.S. survey with data on how respondents met their friends, specifically the two nonfamily friends they most often socialize with. The most common sources of new friendships shift across life from the dominance of schooling during youth, to the centrality of work in midlife, to neighbors and voluntary groups in later life. Educational homophily peaks for friendships made in midlife, and is strongest for friendships made in higher education and at work. Racial homophily generally declines as people age but is lowest for men in midlife, while decreasing later for women. Friendship sources largely account for life course changes in racial homophily, but not educational homophily. The racial homophily induced by friendship sources also changes as people age, but in different ways for women and men.

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