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

Eric A. Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt, Ludger Woessmann and Lei Zhang
Journal of Human Resources, January 2017, 52 (1) 48-87; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.52.1.0415-7074R
Eric A. Hanushek
Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, Stanford, California. Guido Schwerdt is a professor of economics at the University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. Ludger Woessmann is a professor of economics at the University of Munich, Munich, Germany, and Director of the Center for the Economics of Education at the Ifo Institute. Lei Zhang is an associate professor of economics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, Stanford, California. Guido Schwerdt is a professor of economics at the University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. Ludger Woessmann is a professor of economics at the University of Munich, Munich, Germany, and Director of the Center for the Economics of Education at the Ifo Institute. Lei Zhang is an associate professor of economics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, Stanford, California. Guido Schwerdt is a professor of economics at the University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. Ludger Woessmann is a professor of economics at the University of Munich, Munich, Germany, and Director of the Center for the Economics of Education at the Ifo Institute. Lei Zhang is an associate professor of economics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, Stanford, California. Guido Schwerdt is a professor of economics at the University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. Ludger Woessmann is a professor of economics at the University of Munich, Munich, Germany, and Director of the Center for the Economics of Education at the Ifo Institute. Lei Zhang is an associate professor of economics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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Abstract

Policy proposals promoting vocational education focus on the school-to-work transition. But with technological change, gains in youth employment may be offset by less adaptability and diminished employment later in life. To test for this tradeoff, we employ a difference-in-differences approach that compares employment rates across different ages for people with general and vocational education. Using microdata for 11 countries from IALS, we find strong and robust support for such a tradeoff, especially in countries emphasizing apprenticeship programs. German Microcensus data and Austrian administrative data confirm the results for within-occupational-group analysis and for exogenous variation from plant closures, respectively.

  • Received April 2015.
  • Accepted October 2015.

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