The long-term consequences of early school absences for educational attainment and labour market outcomes

IF 3 3区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH British Educational Research Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-22 DOI:10.1002/berj.3992
Jascha Dräger, Markus Klein, Edward Sosu
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School absences can negatively impact a child's schooling, including the loss of teacher-led lessons, peer interactions, and, ultimately, academic achievement. However, little is known about the long-term consequences of school absences for overall educational attainment and labour market outcomes. In this paper, we used data from the 1970 British Cohort Study to examine long-term associations between school absences in late childhood and individuals’ educational attainment, social class, unemployment and earnings at age 42 while adjusting for a comprehensive set of confounders. Our findings show that school absences are associated with lower educational attainment but are not associated with social class destination except for increasing the likelihood of being out of the labour force after adjusting for confounders. Individuals who missed five days of school at age 10 were 5.2% more likely to have obtained no qualifications and 4.1% more likely to be out of the labour force. However, we did not find a significant association between school absences and individuals’ earnings or duration of unemployment. Our findings suggest that the detrimental consequences of school absences persist beyond schooling into adulthood. Overall, this study highlights the importance of addressing school absenteeism to promote educational and labour market participation over the life course.

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过早辍学对教育程度和劳动力市场结果的长期影响
缺课会对儿童的学业产生负面影响,包括失去教师主导的课程、同学间的互动,以及最终的学业成绩。然而,人们对缺课对总体教育成就和劳动力市场结果的长期影响知之甚少。在本文中,我们利用 1970 年英国队列研究(British Cohort Study)的数据,研究了儿童晚期缺课与个人 42 岁时的教育程度、社会阶层、失业和收入之间的长期关联,同时对一系列混杂因素进行了调整。我们的研究结果表明,缺课与较低的教育程度有关,但与社会阶层的去向无关,只是在调整了混杂因素后,缺课会增加失业的可能性。在 10 岁时缺课 5 天的人中,未获得任何学历的可能性要高出 5.2%,脱离劳动力队伍的可能性要高出 4.1%。然而,我们并没有发现缺课与个人收入或失业持续时间之间存在显著关联。我们的研究结果表明,缺课的有害后果会从学校教育一直持续到成年。总之,本研究强调了解决缺课问题以促进终身教育和劳动力市场参与的重要性。
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British Educational Research Journal
British Educational Research Journal EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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期刊介绍: The British Educational Research Journal is an international peer reviewed medium for the publication of articles of interest to researchers in education and has rapidly become a major focal point for the publication of educational research from throughout the world. For further information on the association please visit the British Educational Research Association web site. The journal is interdisciplinary in approach, and includes reports of case studies, experiments and surveys, discussions of conceptual and methodological issues and of underlying assumptions in educational research, accounts of research in progress, and book reviews.
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