Research and analysis

Further education: comparing labour market economic benefits from qualifications gained

Estimates the economic benefits to an individual from achieving further education qualifications.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 10 December 2014
• Last updated: 30 November 2015 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Estimation of the labour market returns to qualifications gained in English further education

Ref: BIS/14/1178

1.43 MB

Further education in England: labour market returns to qualifications gained - technical annex

Ref: BIS/14/1178/AN1

751 KB

Further education in England: labour market returns to qualifications gained - data for main report

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 7.46 MB

Further education in England: labour market returns to qualifications gained - data for technical annex

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 146 KB

Further education in England: labour market returns to qualifications gained - infographic

186 KB

Further disaggregation: employment and earnings returns by sector group

Ref: BIS/15/652

PDF, 1.94 MB, 63 pages

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Details

This research builds on previous work using matched administrative data (using Department for Business, Innovation and Skills data and Department for Work and Pensions data). It estimates the economic benefits to an individual from achieving qualifications in further education, specifically:

• employment prospects
• earnings
• likelihood of being on benefit

The research method compares those who achieve a qualification, with those who start further education but do not achieve.

Previous report: Further education: comparing labour market economic benefits from qualifications gained.

Published 10 December 2014

Last updated 30 November 2015 + show all updates

1. 30 November 2015

   Added document 'Further disaggregation – employment and earnings returns by sector group (further analysis based on BIS research paper 195)'.

2. 10 December 2014

   First published.