Analysing regional effects of further education and related public support schemes

Long-term con­se­quen­ces of regional dif­fe­ren­ces in the use of national support schemes and the avai­la­bi­li­ty of addi­tio­nal regional funding sources for patterns of par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on in adult learning formed one par­ti­cu­lar aim of the project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education. For achieving the project’s aims, a data set was estab­lished bringing together the most suitable regional data from 2004 to 2016.

Data for 16 German states and nine Austrian states were analysed in detail. Results to the backdrop of regional data for the remaining EU28 member states are also discussed. 3s con­tri­bu­ted to the deve­lo­p­ment of the concepts and methods applied and was respon­si­ble for the empirical work on the nine Austrian states (2004–2016).