Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278847 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16149
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This research uses CHIP data of 2018 to examine the impact of higher education opportunities on the middle school graduates' choice between academic and vocational high schools. The findings indicate that a higher university quota at the provincial level increases the likelihood of middle school graduates choosing an academic high school, and the probability of choosing a vocational high school is negatively correlated with elite university opportunities in urban China. These results suggest that spatial differences in higher education opportunities significantly influence the type of human capital investment at the high school stage in China.
Subjects: 
human capital investment
higher education opportunity
the choice of vocational vs. academic high school
JEL: 
I24
I25
I26
H75
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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