General Education versus Vocational Training: Evidence from an Economy in Transition
General Education versus Vocational Training: Evidence from an Economy in Transition
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普通教育与职业培训：转型期经济的证据
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发表时间：
2010
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8
通讯作者：
Cristian Pop
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作者：
Ofer Malamud;Cristian Pop
本文探讨了普通教育和职业培训在罗马尼亚向市场经济过渡期间的相对效益。我们考察了1973年的一次教育改革，这次改革将很大一部分学生从职业培训转向普通教育。利用人口普查和住户调查数据，我们分析了这一政策的效果与回归不连续设计。我们发现，受政策影响的男性从事手工或工艺相关职业的可能性明显降低，但与未受政策影响的男性相比，他们的劳动力市场参与和收入水平相似。我们的结论是，职业学校和普通学校毕业生之间的劳动力市场回报的差异在很大程度上是由选择驱动的。
This paper examines the relative benefits of general education and vocational training during Romania's transition to a market economy. We examine a 1973 educational reform that shifted a large proportion of students from vocational training to general education. Using census and household survey data, we analyze the effect of this policy with a regression discontinuity design. We find that men affected by the policy are significantly less likely to work in manual or craft-related occupations but have similar levels of labor market participation and earnings compared to their counterparts unaffected by the policy. We conclude that differences in labor market returns between graduates of vocational and general schools are largely driven by selection.