by Ma Yat Bong. / Thesis (M.A.Ed.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Bibliography: leaves 99-104. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.viii / LIST OF FIGURE --- p.xi / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.xii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.xiii / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- DEFINING THE RESEARCH PROBLEM --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- "Scope of Adult Education, Continuing Education and Adult Continuing Education" --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2 --- Justification for the Development of Adult Continuing Education --- p.5 / Chapter 2.3 --- Importance of the Economic Justification for the Development of Adult Continuing Education --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Human Capital Theory --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Adult Education as Post-School Human Capital Investment --- p.7 / Chapter 2.4 --- Studies on the Economic Impact of Adult Continuing Education --- p.9 / Chapter 2.5 --- Difficulties in Identifying the Economic Impact --- p.10 / Chapter 2.6 --- Statement of Research Problem --- p.11 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- A REVIEW OF SELECTED LITERATURE --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1 --- Economic Role of Adult Continuing Education --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Basic Education for Remedial Purposes --- p.14 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Training and Retraining for Vocational Skills --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Employers' Sponsor and Corporate Effort Investment --- p.16 / Chapter 3.2 --- Adult Continuing Education and Earnings --- p.17 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Earnings and Programmes at Postgraduate Level --- p.17 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Earnings and Programmes for Employment and Training --- p.19 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Earnings and Resource Conversion from Youth Education to Adult Continuing Education --- p.21 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONALIZED ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION IN HONG KONG --- p.25 / Chapter 4.1 --- Historical Background and Its Recent Development --- p.25 / Chapter 4.2 --- Adult Continuing in Hong Kong - Agencies --- p.29 / Chapter 4.3 --- Aims at Increasing Productivity and Earnings of Participants --- p.31 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND THE HYPOTHESES --- p.33 / Chapter 5.1 --- The Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology --- p.33 / Chapter 5.2 --- Areas of Investigation --- p.34 / Chapter 5.3 --- The Hypotheses --- p.35 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Testing of Earnings Differentials and Participation in Adult Continuing Education --- p.35 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Testing of Earnings Differentials and Employment in Matched Work Fields --- p.36 / Chapter 5.4 --- Methods of Analysis --- p.36 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Characteristics of Participants of Adult Continuing Education --- p.36 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Concurrent Earnings Premiums for Participants of Adult Continuing Education --- p.37 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Earnings Advantages for Participants whose Employment is Matched with their Study Field --- p.39 / Chapter 5.5 --- The Data Set and the Variables --- p.41 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- FINDINGS --- p.45 / Chapter 6.1 --- Characteristics of Participants --- p.45 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Activity Status --- p.46 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Age --- p.47 / Chapter 6.1.3 --- Sex --- p.47 / Chapter 6.1.4 --- Programme Level --- p.48 / Chapter 6.1.5 --- Occupation --- p.48 / Chapter 6.1.6 --- Industry of Main Employment --- p.49 / Chapter 6.1.7 --- Field of Study --- p.51 / Chapter 6.1.8 --- Participation Rate --- p.51 / Chapter 6.2 --- Estimates of Regression Coefficients of Respective Earnings Functions --- p.70 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Concurrent Earnings Premiums for Participants of Adult Continuing Education --- p.70 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Earnings Advantages for Participants whose Employment is Matched with their Study Field --- p.72 / Chapter 6.3 --- Testing of Hypotheses --- p.86 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.88 / Chapter 7.1 --- Characteristics of Participants --- p.88 / Chapter 7.1.1 --- Programme Orientation and Clientele --- p.88 / Chapter 7.1.2 --- Disparities among Participants --- p.89 / Chapter 7.2 --- Concurrent Earnings Premiums for Participants of Adult Continuing Education --- p.89 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Justification of Employer-sponsored Programmes --- p.90 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Motivation of Individual Participants --- p.90 / Chapter 7.2.3 --- Overcome of Brain-drain --- p.91 / Chapter 7.3 --- Earnings Advantages for Participants whose Employmentis Matched with their Study Field --- p.92 / Chapter 7.3.1 --- Remuneration Structure --- p.92 / Chapter 7.3.2 --- Adaptation to Technological Change --- p.93 / Chapter 7.3.3 --- Programme Quality --- p.94 / Chapter 7.3.4 --- Economic Performance of Individual Industries --- p.94 / Chapter 7.4 --- Recommendations --- p.95 / Chapter 7.5 --- Concluding Remark --- p.98 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.99 / APPENDICES --- p.105