College-Educated NEETs (Not in Employment, Education, or Training): Exploring Disconnection From Education and Employment Through Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies and Education Longitudinal Study 2002 Data

• In Event: 35.018 - International Perspectives on Equity and Opportunities to Learn

Abstract

This study uses national U.S. data and OECD-wide data to investigate the problem of young adults not in employment, education, or training (NEETs), focusing on those with at least a two-year college degree. Results highlight the importance of a college degree for overcoming low parental educational attainment, as well as the influence of geographic (country- or county-level) differences in NEET rates. Findings also emphasize the extent to which childrearing predicts disconnection for women but not for men. Whereas in the broader OECD degrees in the humanities, languages, or arts increase the likelihood of disconnection, in the U.S. field of study is less influential than demographic or economic factors and geography.

Authors

• Marisol Kevelson, Educational Testing Service

• Gabriele Marconi, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

• Catherine M. Millett, ETS

• Nevena Zhelyazkova