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Vocational Schooling, Labor Market Outcomes, and College Entry

This paper examines the differentiated outcomes of vocational and general secondary academic education, particularly in terms of employment opportunities, labor market earnings, and access to tertiary education in Indonesia. With data from a panel...

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Main Author: Chen, Dandan
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT
ACADEMIC CONTENT
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
ACADEMIC SCHOOLS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
ACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM TIME
COGNITIVE SKILLS
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
COURSE OF STUDY
CURRICULUM
DEGREES
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
EDUCATORS
EFFECTIVE TEACHERS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
FAMILY LIFE
FEMALE STUDENTS
GENERAL EDUCATION
GER
GIRLS
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INSTRUCTION
JOB TRAINING
JUNIOR SECONDARY
JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION
JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL
JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
LABOR FORCE
LEARNING
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LEARNING PRACTICES
LEARNING PROCESS
LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERATURE
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
PAPERS
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PUBLIC FUNDS
RESEARCH FINDINGS
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
SCHOOL EFFECTS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR SECONDARY
SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION
SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL
SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
SKILLED HUMAN RESOURCES
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SUBJECTS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TERTIARY LEVEL
TEST SCORES
TRAINING PROGRAMS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
VOCATIONAL SECONDARY
VOCATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS
VOCATIONAL SKILLS
VOCATIONAL STUDENTS
WORKERS
YOUTH
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090112092359
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4012
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Summary:This paper examines the differentiated outcomes of vocational and general secondary academic education, particularly in terms of employment opportunities, labor market earnings, and access to tertiary education in Indonesia. With data from a panel of two waves of the Indonesia Family Life Survey in 1997 and 2000, the paper tracks a cohort of high school students in 1997 to examine their schooling and employment status in 2000. The findings demonstrate that: (1) attendance at vocational secondary schools results in neither market advantage nor disadvantage in terms of employment opportunities and/or earnings premium; (2) attendance at vocational schools leads to significantly lower academic achievement as measured by national test scores; and (3) There is no stigma attached to attendance at vocational schools that results in a disadvantage in access to tertiary education; rather, it is the lower academic achievement associated with attendance at vocational school that lowers the likelihood of entering college. The empirical approach of this paper addresses two limitations of the existing literature in this area. First, it takes into account the observation censoring issue due to college entry when evaluating labor market outcomes of secondary school graduates. Second, using an instrumental variable approach, the paper also treats endogeneity of household choice of vocational versus academic track of secondary education, teasing out the net effect of secondary school choice on labor market and schooling outcomes.

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