The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries: Evidence from China

doi:10.1093/wber/lhv050

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The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries: Evidence from China

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dc.contributor.author	Loyalka, Proshant
dc.contributor.author	Huang, Xiaoting
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, Linxiu
dc.contributor.author	Wei, Jianguo
dc.contributor.author	Yi, Hongmei
dc.contributor.author	Song, Yingquan
dc.contributor.author	Shi, Yaojiang
dc.contributor.author	Chu, James
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-09T21:07:24Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-09T21:07:24Z
dc.date.issued	2016-01
dc.description.abstract	A number of developing countries are currently promoting vocational education and training (VET) as a way to build human capital and strengthen economic growth. The primary aim of this study is to understand whether VET at the high school level contributes to human capital development in one of those countries—China. To fulfill this aim, we draw on longitudinal data on more than 10,000 students in vocational high school (in the most popular major, computing) and academic high school from two provinces of China. First, estimates from instrumental variables and matching analyses show that attending vocational high school (relative to academic high school) substantially reduces math skills and does not improve computing skills. Second, heterogeneous effect estimates also show that attending vocational high school increases dropout, especially among disadvantaged (low-income or low-ability) students. Third, we use vertically scaled (equated) baseline and follow-up test scores to measure gains in math and computing skills among the students. We find that students who attend vocational high school experience absolute reductions in math skills. Taken together, our findings suggest that the rapid expansion of vocational schooling as a substitute for academic schooling can have detrimental consequences for building human capital in developing countries such as China.	en
dc.identifier.citation	World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/27695
dc.identifier.issn	1564-698X
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27695
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	World Bank Economic Review
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	VOCATIONAL TRAINING
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.title	The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries	en
dc.title.subtitle	Evidence from China	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries: Evidence from China
okr.date.disclosure	2017-08-09
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.identifier.doi	10.1093/wber/lhv050
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/27695
okr.journal.nbpages	143-70
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.country	China
okr.topic	Education::Education For All
okr.topic	Science and Technology Development::Science Mathematics and Technology
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Vocational & Technical Education
okr.volume	30(1)
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