Loafing or learning? The demand for informal education.

Autor/in	Fahr, René
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	Loafing or learning? The demand for informal education.
Quelle	Bonn: IZA (2003), 32 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (Bonn). 859
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 20; Tabellen
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bildungsinteresse; Bildungsniveau; Bedürfnis; Bildungsabschluss; Informelles Lernen; Datenanalyse; Finanzen; Lebenslanges Lernen; Freizeitgestaltung; Freizeitverhalten; Zeitbudget; Bedarf; FuE-Dokument; Qualität; Erwachsener; Deutschland
Abstract	Using detailed time use data for Germany a positive correlation is found between the level of schooling education and time investments in informal education. Two hypotheses explain this observation: (1) highly educated people have higher opportunity costs of their leisure time and thus prefer leisure activities which add to their market productivity (wage effect) and (2) highly educated people have a preference for 'high quality' leisure (taste effect). The demand for informal education is derived in a household production model accounting for both explanations. An empirical investigation finds evidence for both effects with the taste effect being the more important effect. Highly educated people accumulate human capital through their specific leisure time use. This increases the skill-gap between higher and lower educated people. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2005_(CD)