Open AccessLife Paths and Educational and Employment Outcomes of Disadvantaged Aboriginal Learners
Author(s) -
Atlanta Sloane-Seale,
Lori Wallace,
Benjamin Levin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian journal of university continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0318-9090
DOI - 10.21225/d5np5s
Subject(s) - disadvantage , disadvantaged , agency (philosophy) , population , psychology , life course approach , socioeconomic status , demographic economics , sociology , gerontology , developmental psychology , economics , political science , economic growth , social science , medicine , demography , law
This paper examines the linkages between education and training and labour market outcomes. It is based on a study that sought to improve our understanding of the longer-term relationship between disadvantage and educational/economic achievements. The population used in this study, as well as in two previous studies (Cooke, Wallace, Sloane-Seale, & Levin, 2000; McClure, Wallace, Sloane-Seale, Lavallee, & Levin, 1999) comprised Manitoba adults with backgrounds of low educational achievement. The study investigated factors that help adults overcome disadvantage to become successful post-secondary learners. Specifically, the impact of agency (decisions and choices that adults make) and biography (negative and positive personal experiences) on labour force participation, income, and skill acquisition was investigated.