Details
- Identification
- ISBN: 978-92-76-21388-8, DOI: 10.2766/144475, Catalogue number: NC-01-20-524-EN-N
- Publication date
- 24 March 2021
- Authors
- Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture | European Expert Network on Economics of Education (EENEE)
- Geographical scope
- European Union
Description
This report investigates the cyclicality of skill accumulation in Europe, using data from the European Labour Force Survey (ELFS) for 2005-2018.
Pooling data across all EU-27 countries, and across employed and not employed workers, we estimate that adult learning – which comprises both formal education and training – is acyclical and that training is mildly countercyclical.
We show that there is substantial heterogeneity in the cyclicality of adult learning and training both across European countries and by employment status.
Authors
Giorgio Brunello and Marco Bertoni
Cite as
European Commission: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Expert Network on Economics of Education (EENEE), Brunello, G. and Bertoni, M., Human capital during recessions, Publications Office, 2021, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2766/144475
