Does adult education at upper secondary level influence annual wage earnings?

Table 3 Number of individuals and distribution of AE individuals across
intervals of credits.

Note that the credits in Table 3 only refer to those at upper secondary level.
Some individuals also participated in komvux compulsory level courses, sup-
plementary courses or introductory courses (described in section 2). The aver-
age individual with zero credits participated 9.7 per cent in courses at compul-
sory level, 4.5 per cent in supplementary courses and 0.8 per cent in introduc-
tory courses. This means that if these courses are not properly controlled for,
one may well find a positive payoff to individuals who registered but attained
zero credits at upper secondary komvux. This is discussed further in the em-
pirical section. Individuals who attended all their courses outside the frame-
work of upper secondary level are excluded (1,580 individuals).

As the credits attained only indicate courses passed, there is a certain under-
estimation of the studies. In fact, it is possible to fail in one or several courses
and still receive an upper secondary diploma, but there are no records of such
formal attainments in AE. From SUN2000, studies at komvux are taken into
account, but on the same schematic basis as here except that Statistics Sweden
let 550 credits equal a schooling year, and including courses where a low grade
was obtained.

Credits in excess of 500 for individuals with a previous two-year upper sec-
ondary school could imply a redirection of an earlier education or studies
aimed at a four-year upper secondary technical diploma. A relatively high frac-

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