The Value of Vocational Education : High School Type and Labor Market Outcomes in Indonesia

The Value of Vocational Education : High School Type and Labor Market Outcomes in Indonesia

This paper examines the relationship between the type of senior high school attended by Indonesian youth and their subsequent labor market outcomes. This topic is very timely, given the government s recent decision to dramatically expand vocational...

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Main Authors: Newhouse, David, Suryadarma, Daniel
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACADEMIC ABILITY
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
ACCESS TO DATA
ATTRITION
AVERAGE TEST SCORES
AVERAGE WAGE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CAREER
COHORT OF STUDENTS
COST PER PUPIL
CURRICULUM
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATED PARENTS
EDUCATED WORKERS
EDUCATION CURRICULUM
EDUCATION FACILITIES
EDUCATION LEVELS
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ENROLLMENT TRENDS
ESTIMATED PROBABILITY
EXAM
EXAM SCORE
EXAMS
EXOGENOUS CHARACTERISTICS
FAMILY LIFE
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENERAL HIGH SCHOOLS
GRADE REPETITION
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
JOB SATISFACTION
JOB SEARCH
JOBS
JUNIOR SECONDARY
JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION
JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE
LABOR MARKET INDICATOR
LABOR MARKET OUTCOME
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET PARTICIPATION
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LITERATURE
LOCAL LABOR MARKET
LOCAL LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
LOWER SECONDARY
LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL
MALE WORKERS
MARINE STUDIES
MATERNAL EDUCATION
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
OCCUPATION
OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT
PAPERS
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PATERNAL EDUCATION
PERMANENT WORKERS
PRIMARY DATA
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
PRIVATE PRIVATE
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLING
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PRODUCTIVITY GAINS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RATES OF RETURN
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
SCHOOL COUNTERPARTS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLMENT
SCHOOL EXPANSION
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOL SYSTEMS
SCHOOL TYPES
SCHOOL-AGE
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM
SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES
SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
SECONDARY STUDENTS
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR SECONDARY
SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION
SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVICE SECTOR
SKILLED WORKERS
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SUBJECTS
TEACHERS
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TEMPORARY WORKERS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TEST SCORES
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TYPES OF SCHOOLS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNIVERSITY DEGREE
UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
VOCATIONAL SECONDARY
VOCATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL STUDENTS
VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
WAGE EFFECTS
WAGE PREMIUM
WORKER
YOUNG GRADUATES
YOUTH
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4229
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Summary:This paper examines the relationship between the type of senior high school attended by Indonesian youth and their subsequent labor market outcomes. This topic is very timely, given the government s recent decision to dramatically expand vocational enrollment. The analysis controls for an unusually rich set of predetermined characteristics, and exploits longitudinal data spanning 14 years to separately identify cohort and age effects. There are four main findings. First, students are sorted into different school types largely on the basis of their entering exam score. Public schools attract the highest-scoring students, while private vocational schools serve the lowest-scoring students. Second, after controlling for a variety of characteristics, including test scores, male public school graduates earn a substantial premium over their privately schooled counterparts. Third, private vocational school graduates fare at least as well as private general graduates, despite coming from more disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Finally, the returns to public vocational education have declined sharply for the most recent cohort of men. This raises important concerns about the current expansion of public vocational education, and the relevance of the male vocational curriculum in an increasingly service-oriented economy.

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