An Alternative Technical Education System in Mexico : A Reassessment of CONALEP

Using matched pair methods, Lopez-Acevedo reevaluates the labor market performance of graduates of Mexico's Colegio Nacional de Educacion Profesional Ttnica (CONALEP), the country's largest technical education system. She also assesses the impact of innovations introduced by CONALEP in 1991. The analysis shows that individuals in the control group find jobs faster than CONALEP graduates do, but a larger share of CONALEP graduates work in an occupation consistent with their field of specialization or training. CONALEP graduates earn 20-28 percent more than the control group. And employers invest more in training CONALEP graduates than they do in training individuals in the control group. The author shows that the innovations introduced by CONALEP increase graduates' probability of finding a job and shorten their job search. A cost-benefit analysis appears to show that CONALEP is an effective training system.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2001-12
Subjects:	AGE COHORT, AGE GROUP, AGED, BASIC EDUCATION, CURRICULUM, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DROPOUT RATES, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION, EDUCATION INDICATORS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT, ESSENTIAL SKILLS, FAMILIES, FORMAL EDUCATION, GIRLS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKET, LEARNING, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFE SKILLS, LIFELONG LEARNING, MATHEMATICS, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM, NEW ENTRANTS, NURSING, OCCUPATIONS, PAPERS, PARENTS, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROFESSIONS, PROFICIENCY, REASONING, REPETITION, RURAL AREAS, SCHOOL EDUCATION, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY LEVEL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SEX, SHORT COURSES, SKILLS TRAINING, SPECIAL EDUCATION, TEACHING, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TECHNICAL TRAINING, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TEST SCORES, TRAINING COURSES, TRAINING PROGRAMS, TRAINING SERVICES, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORKERS, WORKPLACE, YOUNG PEOPLE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1660256/alternative-technical-education-system-mexico-reassessment-conalep https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19412
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