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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Chen, Dandan
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2009-01-01
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,
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