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 contributes to human capital development in one of t...

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Main Authors:	Loyalka, Proshant, Huang, Xiaoting, Zhang, Linxiu, Wei, Jianguo, Yi, Hongmei, Song, Yingquan, Shi, Yaojiang, Chu, James
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2017
Subjects:	VOCATIONAL TRAINING HUMAN CAPITAL SECONDARY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27695

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spelling	okr-10986-276952021-05-25T10:54:42Z The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China Loyalka, Proshant Huang, Xiaoting Zhang, Linxiu Wei, Jianguo Yi, Hongmei Song, Yingquan Shi, Yaojiang Chu, James VOCATIONAL TRAINING HUMAN CAPITAL SECONDARY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 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, we draw on 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. 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, we use vertically scaled (equated) baseline and follow-up test scores to measure gains in math and computing skills among the students. We find that students who attend vocational high school experience absolute reductions in math skills. Taken together, our 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. 2017-08-09T21:07:24Z 2017-08-09T21:07:24Z 2016-01 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27695 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China
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spellingShingle	VOCATIONAL TRAINING HUMAN CAPITAL SECONDARY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Loyalka, Proshant 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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description	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, we draw on 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. 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, we use vertically scaled (equated) baseline and follow-up test scores to measure gains in math and computing skills among the students. We find that students who attend vocational high school experience absolute reductions in math skills. Taken together, our 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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author	Loyalka, Proshant Huang, Xiaoting Zhang, Linxiu Wei, Jianguo Yi, Hongmei Song, Yingquan Shi, Yaojiang Chu, James
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title	The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China
title_short	The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China
title_full	The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China
title_fullStr	The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China
title_full_unstemmed	The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China
title_sort	impact of vocational schooling on human capital development in developing countries : evidence from china
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries : Evidence from China

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