Table 1

Main variables

Dependent variableDescription
Non-formal educationEU-LFS variable COURATT: “Did you attend any courses, seminars, conferences or received private lessons or instructions outside the regular education system within the last 4 weeks?”
Main independent variables
Job's automation riskThis is a variable dividing workers in three automation risk groups: low (less than 30%), medium (between 30 and 70%) and high (more than 70%)
LMP SpendingThis is the country-level expenditure on active labour market policies, aimed at training, as a percentage of GDP (standardized), source: OECD (2019a) 
EPL, regular contractsThe strictness of Employment Protection Legislation for regular contracts. This is a synthetic variable ranging from 0–6 with 6 indicating the strictest employment protection legislation, source: OECD (2019b) 
EPL, temporary contractsThe strictness of Employment Protection Legislation for temporary contracts. This is a synthetic variable ranging from 0–6 with 6 indicating the strictest employment protection legislation, source: OECD (2019c) 
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