The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China
A number of developing countries are currently promoting vocational education and training (VET) as a way to build human capital and strengthen economic growth. The primary aim of this study is to understand whether VET at the high school level con...
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SKILLS STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS ACADEMIC SKILLS STUDENT SKILLS SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION COLLEGE ECONOMIC GROWTH SCHOOL TEACHERS TEACHERS CLASS TIME ACADEMIC SCHOOLS SKILLED WORKERS ACADEMIC—HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LOW ENROLLMENTS GRADUATE EDUCATION SCHOOLING TUITION NUMERACY QUALITY SCHOOLS MATH SCORES VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT LABOR FORCE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION COLLEGE DEGREE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME PAPERS SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH PROFESSOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM EXAMS EXAM INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES FACULTY HIGH SCHOOLS OPEN ACCESS EXAMINATION LITERACY TEXTBOOKS KNOWLEDGE EDUCATIONAL FINANCE MATH ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TRAINING SCHOOL DROP GRADUATE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SECONDARY PARENTAL EDUCATION STUDENT OUTCOMES JOB MARKET VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LEARNING GRADUATES RESEARCH SCHOOL QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT OUTCOMES SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIMARY DETERMINANT PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS TEACHING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TEST SCORES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LIBRARY SCHOOL LEVEL LIBRARIES READING EXAM SCORE RURAL EDUCATION SUBJECTS SCHOOL YEAR HUMAN CAPITAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING DROPOUT RATES WORKERS SCIENCE VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE EDUCATION REFORM CURRICULA LIFELONG LEARNING MINISTRY OF EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT LABOUR MARKET ENTRANCE EXAM ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL GRADUATES RESEARCHERS EXPENDITURES LITERATURE SOCIAL SCIENCE YOUTH END OF GRADE NATIONAL EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT QUALIFIED TEACHERS VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS SMALL SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CURRICULUM TEACHER SKILLED LABOR ACADEMIC SUBJECTS COLLEGE ENTRANCE STUDENT BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION LOW-INCOME STUDENTS ACADEMIC LEARNING VOCATIONAL SKILLS SKILL LEVELS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENT DROPOUT INSTRUCTION SCIENCE RESEARCH VOCATIONAL STUDENTS SCHOOL EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS EXPENDITURES PER STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL NUMBER OF STUDENTS FEES NORMAL UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENT LEARNING COHORT OF STUDENTS |
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SKILLS STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS ACADEMIC SKILLS STUDENT SKILLS SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION COLLEGE ECONOMIC GROWTH SCHOOL TEACHERS TEACHERS CLASS TIME ACADEMIC SCHOOLS SKILLED WORKERS ACADEMIC—HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LOW ENROLLMENTS GRADUATE EDUCATION SCHOOLING TUITION NUMERACY QUALITY SCHOOLS MATH SCORES VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT LABOR FORCE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION COLLEGE DEGREE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME PAPERS SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH PROFESSOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM EXAMS EXAM INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES FACULTY HIGH SCHOOLS OPEN ACCESS EXAMINATION LITERACY TEXTBOOKS KNOWLEDGE EDUCATIONAL FINANCE MATH ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TRAINING SCHOOL DROP GRADUATE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SECONDARY PARENTAL EDUCATION STUDENT OUTCOMES JOB MARKET VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LEARNING GRADUATES RESEARCH SCHOOL QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT OUTCOMES SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIMARY DETERMINANT PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS TEACHING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TEST SCORES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LIBRARY SCHOOL LEVEL LIBRARIES READING EXAM SCORE RURAL EDUCATION SUBJECTS SCHOOL YEAR HUMAN CAPITAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING DROPOUT RATES WORKERS SCIENCE VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE EDUCATION REFORM CURRICULA LIFELONG LEARNING MINISTRY OF EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT LABOUR MARKET ENTRANCE EXAM ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL GRADUATES RESEARCHERS EXPENDITURES LITERATURE SOCIAL SCIENCE YOUTH END OF GRADE NATIONAL EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT QUALIFIED TEACHERS VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS SMALL SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CURRICULUM TEACHER SKILLED LABOR ACADEMIC SUBJECTS COLLEGE ENTRANCE STUDENT BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION LOW-INCOME STUDENTS ACADEMIC LEARNING VOCATIONAL SKILLS SKILL LEVELS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENT DROPOUT INSTRUCTION SCIENCE RESEARCH VOCATIONAL STUDENTS SCHOOL EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS EXPENDITURES PER STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL NUMBER OF STUDENTS FEES NORMAL UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENT LEARNING COHORT OF STUDENTS Loyalka, Prashant Huang, Xiaoting Zhang, Linxiu Wei, Jianguo Yi, Hongmei Song, Yingquan Shi, Yaojiang Chu, James The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7396 |
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A number of developing countries are
currently promoting vocational education and training (VET)
as a way to build human capital and strengthen economic
growth. The primary aim of this study is to understand
whether VET at the high school level contributes to human
capital development in one of those countries—China. To
fulfill this aim, a longitudinal data on more than 10,000
students in vocational high school (in the most popular
major, computing) and academic high school from two
provinces of China are used. First, estimates from
instrumental variables and matching analyses show that
attending vocational high school (relative to academic high
school) substantially reduces math skills and does not
improve computing skills. Second, heterogeneous effect
estimates also show that attending vocational high school
increases dropout, especially among disadvantaged
(low-income or low-ability) students. Third, vertically
scaled (equated) baseline and follow-up test scores are used
to measure gains in math and computing skills among the
students. The results show that students who attend
vocational high school experience absolute reductions in
math skills. Taken together, the findings suggest that the
rapid expansion of vocational schooling as a substitute for
academic schooling can have detrimental consequences for
building human capital in developing countries such as China. |
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Loyalka, Prashant Huang, Xiaoting Zhang, Linxiu Wei, Jianguo Yi, Hongmei Song, Yingquan Shi, Yaojiang Chu, James |
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Loyalka, Prashant Huang, Xiaoting Zhang, Linxiu Wei, Jianguo Yi, Hongmei Song, Yingquan Shi, Yaojiang Chu, James |
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Loyalka, Prashant |
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The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China |
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The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China |
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The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China |
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The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China |
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The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China |
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impact of vocational schooling on human capital development in developing countries : evidence from china |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24923059/impact-vocational-schooling-human-capital-development-developing-countries-evidence-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22651 |
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okr-10986-226512021-04-23T14:04:10Z The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China Loyalka, Prashant Huang, Xiaoting Zhang, Linxiu Wei, Jianguo Yi, Hongmei Song, Yingquan Shi, Yaojiang Chu, James SKILLS STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS ACADEMIC SKILLS STUDENT SKILLS SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION COLLEGE ECONOMIC GROWTH SCHOOL TEACHERS TEACHERS CLASS TIME ACADEMIC SCHOOLS SKILLED WORKERS ACADEMIC—HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LOW ENROLLMENTS GRADUATE EDUCATION SCHOOLING TUITION NUMERACY QUALITY SCHOOLS MATH SCORES VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT LABOR FORCE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION COLLEGE DEGREE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME PAPERS SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH PROFESSOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM EXAMS EXAM INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES FACULTY HIGH SCHOOLS OPEN ACCESS EXAMINATION LITERACY TEXTBOOKS KNOWLEDGE EDUCATIONAL FINANCE MATH ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TRAINING SCHOOL DROP GRADUATE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL SECONDARY PARENTAL EDUCATION STUDENT OUTCOMES JOB MARKET VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LEARNING GRADUATES RESEARCH SCHOOL QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT OUTCOMES SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIMARY DETERMINANT PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS TEACHING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TEST SCORES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LIBRARY SCHOOL LEVEL LIBRARIES READING EXAM SCORE RURAL EDUCATION SUBJECTS SCHOOL YEAR HUMAN CAPITAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING DROPOUT RATES WORKERS SCIENCE VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE EDUCATION REFORM CURRICULA LIFELONG LEARNING MINISTRY OF EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT LABOUR MARKET ENTRANCE EXAM ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL GRADUATES RESEARCHERS EXPENDITURES LITERATURE SOCIAL SCIENCE YOUTH END OF GRADE NATIONAL EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT QUALIFIED TEACHERS VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS SMALL SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CURRICULUM TEACHER SKILLED LABOR ACADEMIC SUBJECTS COLLEGE ENTRANCE STUDENT BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION LOW-INCOME STUDENTS ACADEMIC LEARNING VOCATIONAL SKILLS SKILL LEVELS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENT DROPOUT INSTRUCTION SCIENCE RESEARCH VOCATIONAL STUDENTS SCHOOL EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS EXPENDITURES PER STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL NUMBER OF STUDENTS FEES NORMAL UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENT LEARNING COHORT OF STUDENTS A number of developing countries are currently promoting vocational education and training (VET) as a way to build human capital and strengthen economic growth. The primary aim of this study is to understand whether VET at the high school level contributes to human capital development in one of those countries—China. To fulfill this aim, a longitudinal data on more than 10,000 students in vocational high school (in the most popular major, computing) and academic high school from two provinces of China are used. First, estimates from instrumental variables and matching analyses show that attending vocational high school (relative to academic high school) substantially reduces math skills and does not improve computing skills. Second, heterogeneous effect estimates also show that attending vocational high school increases dropout, especially among disadvantaged (low-income or low-ability) students. Third, vertically scaled (equated) baseline and follow-up test scores are used to measure gains in math and computing skills among the students. The results show that students who attend vocational high school experience absolute reductions in math skills. Taken together, the findings suggest that the rapid expansion of vocational schooling as a substitute for academic schooling can have detrimental consequences for building human capital in developing countries such as China. 2015-09-23T13:34:41Z 2015-09-23T13:34:41Z 2015-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24923059/impact-vocational-schooling-human-capital-development-developing-countries-evidence-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22651 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7396 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 East Asia and Pacific China |