Ellu Saar
Main information
Estonian
Affiliation
Tallinn University
Levels of education
- School education
- VET
- Higher Education
- Non-formal and informal learning
- Adult education
Geographical scope of expertise
Policy themes
- Access to high quality education for all
- Vulnerable groups in education and training, ensuring inclusion and non-discrimination
- Education and migration
- Early school leaving, participation in education and training
- Education and training of professional workforce
- Innovation and equity in education
Selected publications
- Robert, P., Saar, E., Kazjulja, M. (2019). ‘Individual and institutional influences on EU labour market returns to education: a comparison of the effect of the 2008 economic crisis on eight EU countries’. European Societies (in print).
- Roosmaa, E.-L., Martma, L., Saar, E. (2019). ‘Vocational upper-secondary education and participation in non-formal education: a comparison of European countries’. International Journal of Lifelong Education. (in print).
- Saar, E.; Roosalu, T. (2018). ‘Inverted U-shape of Estonian Higher Education: Post-Socialist Liberalism and Postpostsocialist Consolidation.’ In: Huisman, J.; Smolentseva, A.; Froumin, I. (Ed.). 25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countries: Reform and Continuity (149−174). Springer.
- Saar, E.; Trumm, A. (2018). ‘Social stratification and inequalities in Eastern and Central Europe’. In: Vihalemm, P.; Masso, A.; Opermann, S. (Ed.). The Routledge International Handbook of European Social Transformations (146−158). Routledge.
- Räis, M.-L., Saar, E. (2017). ‘Participation in job-related training in European countries: the impact of skill supply and demand characteristics’, Journal of Education and Work, 30 (5), 531−551.
- Roosmaa, E.-L., Saar, E. (2017). ‘Adults who do not want to participate in learning: a cross-national European analysis of their perceived barriers’. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 36 (3), 254−277.
- Saar, E., Helemäe, J. (2017). ‘The role of economic and cultural resources in the intergenerational transmission of education in Estonia’, in: Erola, J., Kilpi-Jakonen, E. (Ed.). Social Inequality Across the Generations: The Role of Compensation and Multiplication in resource Accumulation (27−47). Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Saar, E., Krusell, S., Helemäe, J. (2017). ‘Russian-Speaking Immigrants in Post-Soviet Estonia: Towards Generation Fragmentation or Integration in Estonian Society’, Sociological Research Online, 22 (2).
- Saar, E.; Helemäe, J. (2016). Differentiated Educational Pathways and Gender Inequalities in the Estonian Labour Market: What is the impact of the Systemic Change? Roosalu, T.; Hofäcker, D. (Toim.). How Gender Works? Testing Established Social Theories in Post-Socialist Labour Markets (325 – 347). Palgrave Macmillan.
- Täht, K., Saar, E., Kazjulja, M. (2016). ‘Educational inequalities in secondary education in Estonia: Transitions and tracking’, in: Blossfeld, H.-P.; Buchholz, S.; Skopek, J.; Triventi, M. (Eds.). Secondary education models and social inequality: An international comparison. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Saar, E. Vöörmann, R.; Lang, A. (2014). ‘Employers’ support for adult higher education students in liberal post-socialist contexts.’ International Journal of Lifelong Education, 33 (5), 587−606.
- Saar, E.; Täht, K.i; Roosalu, T. (2014). ‘Institutional barriers to adults’ participation in higher education in thirteen European countries’. Higher Education, 68 (5), 691−710.