Investing in Technical and Vocational Education and Training : Does it Yield Large Economic Returns in Brazil?
Technical education and training has been dramatically expanding in Brazil recently. However, there remains no evidence on the cost effectiveness of this alternative track to a more general education. This paper quantifies the wage returns of compl...
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okr-10986-218612021-04-23T14:04:05Z Investing in Technical and Vocational Education and Training : Does it Yield Large Economic Returns in Brazil? Almeida, Rita Anazawa, Leandro Menezes Filho, Naercio Vasconcellos, Ligia SKILLS STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS TECHNOLOGY TEACHING TECHNIQUES PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOCATIONAL COURSES STUDY FORMAL EDUCATION ITS TRAINING COURSES STUDIES RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS COMPLETION SKILLED WORKERS VALUES SCHOOLS STATE SCHOOLS GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION PARTICIPATION SCHOOLING WORK STATUS TUITION ENROLLMENT URBAN CENTERS HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION GROUPS AGE GROUP LEVELS OF EDUCATION OCCUPATIONS AGE GROUPS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FORMS OF EDUCATION HEALTH CARE SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGHER EDUCATION EDUCATION LEVEL GENERAL EDUCATION PAPERS AGE OF ENTRANCE TECHNICAL COLLEGES TRAINING PROGRAMS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS CURRICULUM EDUCATION COURSES EDUCATIONAL POLICY COURSES KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL TRAINING LABOR MARKET VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS LEVEL OF EDUCATION EDUCATION MATHEMATICS INVESTMENT PER CAPITA INCOME STATISTICS TRAINING RATES OF RETURN TESTS TYPES OF EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS SECONDARY LEVEL WORKING HOURS TECHNICAL EDUCATION RETRAINING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATES EDUCATION SYSTEM WOMEN JOB TRAINING AVERAGE EDUCATION LEVEL CONTINUING EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL TEACHING SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION Technical education and training has been dramatically expanding in Brazil recently. However, there remains no evidence on the cost effectiveness of this alternative track to a more general education. This paper quantifies the wage returns of completing technical and vocational education and training compared with the returns of completing the general education track, for individuals with similar observable characteristics. Exploring data from the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey, the paper profiles the students taking up this track and quantifies the impact of different types of technical and vocational education and training courses on individuals’ hourly wages. After controlling for selection on observables with propensity score matching, the analysis shows positive and statistically significant wage premiums for students completing technical school at the upper secondary level (on average 9.7 percent ) and for those completing short-term training courses (2.2 percent on average). The paper also documents significant heterogeneity of impacts depending on the courses and the profile of students. For realistic unitary costs of providing technical and vocational education and training, the evidence suggests technical education is a cost-effective modality. The courses offered by the publically financed and privately managed “Sistema S,” together with courses in the manufacturing area have the highest positive impacts. 2015-05-07T21:18:12Z 2015-05-07T21:18:12Z 2015-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24411547/investing-technical-vocational-education-training-yield-large-economic-returns-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21861 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7246 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Brazil |
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SKILLS STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS TECHNOLOGY TEACHING TECHNIQUES PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOCATIONAL COURSES STUDY FORMAL EDUCATION ITS TRAINING COURSES STUDIES RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS COMPLETION SKILLED WORKERS VALUES SCHOOLS STATE SCHOOLS GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION PARTICIPATION SCHOOLING WORK STATUS TUITION ENROLLMENT URBAN CENTERS HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION GROUPS AGE GROUP LEVELS OF EDUCATION OCCUPATIONS AGE GROUPS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FORMS OF EDUCATION HEALTH CARE SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGHER EDUCATION EDUCATION LEVEL GENERAL EDUCATION PAPERS AGE OF ENTRANCE TECHNICAL COLLEGES TRAINING PROGRAMS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS CURRICULUM EDUCATION COURSES EDUCATIONAL POLICY COURSES KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL TRAINING LABOR MARKET VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS LEVEL OF EDUCATION EDUCATION MATHEMATICS INVESTMENT PER CAPITA INCOME STATISTICS TRAINING RATES OF RETURN TESTS TYPES OF EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS SECONDARY LEVEL WORKING HOURS TECHNICAL EDUCATION RETRAINING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATES EDUCATION SYSTEM WOMEN JOB TRAINING AVERAGE EDUCATION LEVEL CONTINUING EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL TEACHING SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION |
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SKILLS STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS TECHNOLOGY TEACHING TECHNIQUES PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOCATIONAL COURSES STUDY FORMAL EDUCATION ITS TRAINING COURSES STUDIES RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS COMPLETION SKILLED WORKERS VALUES SCHOOLS STATE SCHOOLS GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION PARTICIPATION SCHOOLING WORK STATUS TUITION ENROLLMENT URBAN CENTERS HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION GROUPS AGE GROUP LEVELS OF EDUCATION OCCUPATIONS AGE GROUPS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FORMS OF EDUCATION HEALTH CARE SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGHER EDUCATION EDUCATION LEVEL GENERAL EDUCATION PAPERS AGE OF ENTRANCE TECHNICAL COLLEGES TRAINING PROGRAMS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS CURRICULUM EDUCATION COURSES EDUCATIONAL POLICY COURSES KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL TRAINING LABOR MARKET VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS LEVEL OF EDUCATION EDUCATION MATHEMATICS INVESTMENT PER CAPITA INCOME STATISTICS TRAINING RATES OF RETURN TESTS TYPES OF EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS SECONDARY LEVEL WORKING HOURS TECHNICAL EDUCATION RETRAINING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATES EDUCATION SYSTEM WOMEN JOB TRAINING AVERAGE EDUCATION LEVEL CONTINUING EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL TEACHING SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION Almeida, Rita Anazawa, Leandro Menezes Filho, Naercio Vasconcellos, Ligia Investing in Technical and Vocational Education and Training : Does it Yield Large Economic Returns in Brazil? |
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Technical education and training has
been dramatically expanding in Brazil recently. However,
there remains no evidence on the cost effectiveness of this
alternative track to a more general education. This paper
quantifies the wage returns of completing technical and
vocational education and training compared with the returns
of completing the general education track, for individuals
with similar observable characteristics. Exploring data from
the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey, the paper
profiles the students taking up this track and quantifies
the impact of different types of technical and vocational
education and training courses on individuals’ hourly wages.
After controlling for selection on observables with
propensity score matching, the analysis shows positive and
statistically significant wage premiums for students
completing technical school at the upper secondary level (on
average 9.7 percent ) and for those completing short-term
training courses (2.2 percent on average). The paper also
documents significant heterogeneity of impacts depending on
the courses and the profile of students. For realistic
unitary costs of providing technical and vocational
education and training, the evidence suggests technical
education is a cost-effective modality. The courses offered
by the publically financed and privately managed “Sistema
S,” together with courses in the manufacturing area have the
highest positive impacts. |
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Working Paper |
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Almeida, Rita Anazawa, Leandro Menezes Filho, Naercio Vasconcellos, Ligia |
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Almeida, Rita Anazawa, Leandro Menezes Filho, Naercio Vasconcellos, Ligia |
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Almeida, Rita |
| title |
Investing in Technical and Vocational Education and Training : Does it Yield Large Economic Returns in Brazil? |
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Investing in Technical and Vocational Education and Training : Does it Yield Large Economic Returns in Brazil? |
| title_full |
Investing in Technical and Vocational Education and Training : Does it Yield Large Economic Returns in Brazil? |
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Investing in Technical and Vocational Education and Training : Does it Yield Large Economic Returns in Brazil? |
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Investing in Technical and Vocational Education and Training : Does it Yield Large Economic Returns in Brazil? |
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investing in technical and vocational education and training : does it yield large economic returns in brazil? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24411547/investing-technical-vocational-education-training-yield-large-economic-returns-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21861 |
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