Economic Research for Vocational Education in School

本研究试图实证分析10至19岁学生的学校职业教育项目对后续就业条件的影响。用于确定职业教育对随后就业的影响的数据来自一项关于工作和生活方式的问卷调查，调查涵盖了年龄在20岁至59岁之间的男女的职业愿望；对2010人进行了答复。本研究的主要成果概括如下：在20-59岁的受访者中，只有一半的人表示从中学到20岁生日期间接受过职业教育。而那些认为它有价值的人只占总数的30%左右。即使他们确实接受了这种教育，也没有对提高以年收入衡量的累积人力资本的价值产生统计影响。随着越来越多的学校毕业生没有找到一份稳定的工作--或任何类型的工作--全面的职业教育被证明对促进顺利过渡到劳动力市场具有切实的影响。那些经历过有利于就业的职业教育的人不太可能辍学，更有可能在毕业后的第二年找到工作。另一方面，研究也证实，职业教育增加了获得有益工作经验的机会，并在其他方面对受访者如何看待自己的工作产生了积极影响。此外，职业教育的积极影响可以通过提供几个项目的组合来增强。最好的职业教育类型是那些使工人能够采取灵活的态度来实现他们最初的职业抱负的教育，这可以增加获得有益工作经历的可能性。

This research attempts an empirical analysis of the impact of school vocational education programs for students aged 10 to 19 on subsequent employment conditions. The data used to ascertain the impact of vocational education on subsequent employment comes from a questionnaire survey on work and lifestyles covered the occupational aspirations of men and women aged between 20 and 59xperiences; responses were gained from 2,010 people. Some of main results obtained in this research are summarized as follows.Only half of the respondents aged 20-59 reported having received vocational education from middle school through their twentieth birthday. And those who felt it to be valuable accounted for only around 30% of the total. Even when they did received such education, it did not have a statistical impact on raising the value of accumulated human capital, as measured in annual income. With an increasing number of school graduates not taking on a steady job-or a job of any kind-a well-rounded vocational education was shown to have a tangible effect on promoting a smooth transition to the workforce. Those who had experienced vocational education that was beneficial to their employment were less likely to drop out of school and more likely to have been employed as a seishain the year following their graduation.On the other hand, it was also confirmed that vocational education increased the chances of having a rewarding work experience and otherwise had a positive effect on how respondents regarded their jobs. The positive impact of vocational education could be enhanced, moreover, by offering a combination of several programs. And the optimum types of career education are those that enable workers to adopt a flexible attitude about fulfilling their initial occupational aspirations, which can enhance the likelihood of a rewarding work experience.