Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282601 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16474
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We evaluate the education and labour impact of vocational education and training (VET). Identification draws on different IVs from the large-scale, staggered introduction of VET courses in public schools in Portugal from 2005. We also exploit the large gender differences in VET, with many courses selected almost only by either boys or girls. Drawing on rich student-school matched panel data, we find that VET increased upper-secondary graduation rates dramatically: our LATE estimates typically exceed 50 percentage points. These effects are even stronger for low-achieving students and welfare recipients. Moreover, we find evidence of regional youth employment growth following VET expansions. VET graduates also benefit from higher wages and other positive outcomes over several years, compared to both academic-track and lower-secondary graduates.
Subjects: 
educational attainment
vocational education
matched student-teacher-school data
VET wage differentials
JEL: 
I21
I26
I28
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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