What Matters and What Should Count: A Conceptual Framework for Informing Public Investments in Adult Learning
This report provides a conceptual map for analyzing adult learning outcomes. It is one in a series of papers that have informed the development of an analytical framework for the Adult Learning and Returns to Training Project. The project is a three-year multi-disciplinary and collaborative effort to further the knowledge base of conceptual, analytical and methodological issues concerning the scope and measurement of adult learning activities and their associated financial and non-financial returns to individuals, firms and society at large.
This report has 2 broad objectives:
- First, to set the stage for ongoing dialogue by providing an overview of some of the key issues related to public investments in adult learning for less educated and lower skilled workers.
- Second, to present a conceptual map that lays the ground work for the development of an analytical framework that specifies what should count in estimating returns to adult learning.
Project Details
Published: April 2014
Capability: Policy Research
Policy Area: Adult Learning - Adult Training
Population: General Population - Low-skilled Workers
Type: Report
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