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IZA
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The Impact of Local Labour Market Conditions on Participation in Further Education in England
by
Damon Clark
(August 2002)
Abstract:
Over the past 30 years, participation in Further Education (FE) in England has been markedly
counter-cyclical. What is more, it has yet to increase beyond the peak of 70% reached in
1993, much to the concern of policy-makers. An obvious explanation for these facts is the
availability of labour market opportunities, as measured by youth unemployment. Other
things equal, the higher is youth unemployment, the more inclined young people will be to
participate in FE. To assess this claim, we construct a 20-year panel of regional-level data. In
line with this simple story, we find youth unemployment effects that are at least twice as large
as those previously estimated, and that can explain the absence of any post-1993 increase,
at least for boys. Other interesting findings concern the role of national returns to participation
for boys, and cohort size for girls.
Text: See Discussion Paper No. 550
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