Does Vocational Education Pay Better, or Worse, Than Academic Education?
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- Chen, Jie & Pastore, Francesco, 2021. "Does vocational education pay better, or worse, than academic education?," GLO Discussion Paper Series 858, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
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Keywords
vocational education; academic education; upper secondary; China; Lewbel;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- C36 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2021-06-28 (China)
- NEP-EDU-2021-06-28 (Education)
- NEP-LMA-2021-06-28 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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