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...

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Main Author: Chen, Dandan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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GER
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spelling okr-10986-40122021-04-23T14:02:14Z Vocational Schooling, Labor Market Outcomes, and College Entry Chen, Dandan 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 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. 2012-03-19T19:08:20Z 2012-03-19T19:08:20Z 2009-01-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090112092359 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4012 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4814 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Chen, Dandan
Vocational Schooling, Labor Market Outcomes, and College Entry
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Indonesia
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4814
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Chen, Dandan
author_facet Chen, Dandan
author_sort Chen, Dandan
title Vocational Schooling, Labor Market Outcomes, and College Entry
title_short Vocational Schooling, Labor Market Outcomes, and College Entry
title_full Vocational Schooling, Labor Market Outcomes, and College Entry
title_fullStr Vocational Schooling, Labor Market Outcomes, and College Entry
title_full_unstemmed Vocational Schooling, Labor Market Outcomes, and College Entry
title_sort vocational schooling, labor market outcomes, and college entry
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090112092359
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4012
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