A consistent pattern across countries is that adult education (AE)
primarily concerns high skilled. It partly reflects the preferences
of the employers but also the unwillingness of low skilled
individuals to participate due to financial constraints and/or a
perception of low returns to AE. These three observations serve as
a point of departure to suggest that AE to a greater extent should
be publicly provided, coupled with financial support for
participants and, to improve its reputation, integrated into well
known certified programs similar to schooling for youths. However,
a policy of this kind is both unusual and expensive and, until
recently, hardly any economics research on such extensive AE
existed. This book presents recent evaluations from Sweden where
there have been large public investments in AE. The results imply
that there are considerable benefits for societies to make if
public provision of AE at present is small. In addition, the
results suggest a direction for the development of future
educational systems. Readers with even only a slight interest in
social policy are offered food for thought.
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