Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298391 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of Labor Economics [ISSN:] 2193-8997 [Volume:] 10 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 2 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-34
Publisher: 
Sciendo, Warsaw
Abstract: 
This paper describes the results from an evaluation of a public policy that offers scholarships to current and former public high school students, so that they can attend technical and vocational education courses free of charge. We use a waiting list randomized controlled trial in four municipalities in a southern Brazilian State (Santa Catarina) to quantify the effects of the program on school progression, labor market outcomes and non-cognitive skills. Our intention-to-treat estimates reveal substantial gender heterogeneity two years after program completion. Women experienced large gains in labor market outcomes and non-cognitive skills. Employment rose by 21 percentage points (or approximately 33%) and the gains in earnings are of more than 50%. Also, women who received the offer scored 0.5σ higher on the synthetic index of non-cognitive skills and 0.69σ higher on an extraversion indicator. We find no effects on the male sub-sample. These findings corroborate the evidence on gender heterogeneity in the labor market effects of technical and vocational education programs. We also perform a series of exercises to explore potential channels through which these effects arise.
Subjects: 
Vocational Education
Human Capital
Non-cognitive Skills
Labor Market Outcomes
JEL: 
C21
I38
J24
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Document Type: 
Article

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