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Do Postsecondary Training Programs Respond to Changes in the Labor Market?

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This paper analyzes whether postsecondary training programs have kept up with shifts in the occupational structure of the labor market over the past decades. I compare long-term trends in the distribution of employment, degrees, and certificates across occupation groupings using data from the US census and from the nation’s largest community college system. I then estimate that an occupation’s share of community college completions grows by approximately half a percentage point for every percentage point increase in its share of employment. I show that this relationship is primarily driven by increases in student demand rather than by colleges expanding capacity.

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  • Michel Grosz, 2022. "Do Postsecondary Training Programs Respond to Changes in the Labor Market?," Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press, vol. 16(4), pages 461-487.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jhucap:doi:10.1086/722264
    DOI: 10.1086/722264
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    1. Juan Esteban Carranza & María Marta Ferreyra & Ana Maria Gazmuri, 2023. "The Dynamic Market for Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs," Borradores de Economia 1265, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.

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