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Economic Returns to Vocational and Comprehensive High School Graduates

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  • Teh-Wei Hu
  • Maw Lin Lee
  • Ernst W. Stromsdorfer

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This study compares the costs of vocational and comprehensive secondary education and the labor market performances of graduates of these two types of high schools who did not attend college. The measurements of the labor market performances are in terms of earnings and employment. The data were obtained from the responses to 2,767 mail questionnaires sent in 1966 and 1967 to graduates of high schools in three major cities. Multiple regression analysis is used to measure the net effect of curriculum on the labor market performances for the two types of graduates. The analysis, based on six-year labor market experiences of high school graduates who did not attend college, suggests that the monetary returns of vocational-technical graduates are higher than those of comprehensive graduates.

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  • Teh-Wei Hu & Maw Lin Lee & Ernst W. Stromsdorfer, 1971. "Economic Returns to Vocational and Comprehensive High School Graduates," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 6(1), pages 25-50.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:6:y:1971:i:1:p:25-50
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