scholarly journals Technical Education, Non-cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Juliana Camargo ◽  
Lycia Lima ◽  
Flavio Riva ◽  
André Portela Souza
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
School Students ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Synthetic Index ◽  
Technical And Vocational Education

AbstractThis paper describes the results from an evaluation of a public policy that offers scholarships to current and former public high school students, so that they can attend technical and vocational education courses free of charge. We use a waiting list randomized controlled trial in four municipalities in a southern Brazilian State (Santa Catarina) to quantify the effects of the program on school progression, labor market outcomes and non-cognitive skills. Our intention-to-treat estimates reveal substantial gender heterogeneity two years after program completion. Women experienced large gains in labor market outcomes and non-cognitive skills. Employment rose by 21 percentage points (or approximately 33%) and the gains in earnings are of more than 50%. Also, women who received the offer scored 0.5σ higher on the synthetic index of non-cognitive skills and 0.69σ higher on an extraversion indicator. We find no effects on the male sub-sample. These findings corroborate the evidence on gender heterogeneity in the labor market effects of technical and vocational education programs. We also perform a series of exercises to explore potential channels through which these effects arise.

A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN TROUBLE. THE THING ABOUT THE CONDITION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUTH EDUCATION CHOICES

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Joanna Kozielska
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Local Labor Market ◽  
School Students ◽  
Youth Education

The main topic of this study was the educational and professional choices of junior high school students in the context of the situation on the local labor market. Attention was also paid to the depreciated face of vocational education and its changes over the years. The article also presents the opinions of students and employers about the vocational school and a list of its main problems

scholarly journals Using Genes to Explore the Effects of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills on Education and Labor Market Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Buser ◽  
Rafael Ahlskog ◽  
Magnus Johanneson ◽  
Philipp Koellinger ◽  
Sven Oskarsson
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes

scholarly journals General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Lifecycle

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric A. Hanushek ◽  
Guido Schwerdt ◽  
Ludger Woessmann ◽  
Lei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
General Education ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes

scholarly journals The Moderation of Obesity Penalty on Job Market Outcomes by Employment Efforts

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (16) ◽  
pp. 2974
Author(s):  
Rosemary Ahn ◽  
Tae Hyun Kim ◽  
Euna Han
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Job Training ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Dependent Variables

The current study explores the moderation of the relationship between obesity and labor market outcomes by direct employment efforts such as job hunting and job training of young adults. The study used data provided by the Korean Education and Employment Panel, a longitudinal data survey comprising middle and high school students from 2004 to 2015. Two dependent variables were assessed in this study: employment status and wage. The individual-level fixed effects were controlled. Despite having more direct employment efforts of either or both experience in job hunting and job training, compared to normal-weight counterparts, underweight men and overweight and obese women were reported to have a disadvantage in both dependent variables. Underweight men with job training experience were 12.02% less likely to be employed, while overweight and obese men had 6.80 times higher monthly wages when job training experience was accompanied compared to no such experience. For overweight and obese women, compared to that of their normal-weight counterparts, employment probability decreased by 4.78% per week-increase in job hunting, by 2.81% if any experience in job hunting. For underweight women, compared to that of their normal-weight counterparts, employment probability increased by 4.56 times per week-increase in job hunting and by 5.59 times if experience in job hunting, and by 6.96% if experience in job training. The results indicate that employment efforts do not fully moderate the presence of obesity penalty for labor market outcomes on those early in their careers.

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