IMPACT OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN ANALYSIS OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY

Indrajit Bairagya and Sachin Thomas ()
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Indrajit Bairagya: Institute for Social and Economic Change, V. K. R. V. Rao Road, Teachers Colony, Naagarabhaavi 560072, Bengaluru, India
Sachin Thomas: Institute for Social and Economic Change, V. K. R. V. Rao Road, Teachers Colony, Naagarabhaavi 560072, Bengaluru, India

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2025, vol. 70, issue 02, 513-535

Abstract: Vocational education can be seen as an important tool in leveraging India’s demographic dividend. Given the labor surplus in terms of the young population, it is important to examine how vocational education and training can serve as a critical driver of economic growth. This study aims at examining the impact of vocational education and training on economic growth in India, using the framework of the augmented Solow growth model by decomposing human capital into vocational education, along with primary, secondary and higher education. Using an ARDL model based on the annual data from 1990 to 1991 and 2019 to 2020, the study analyzes the short-run and long-run impact of vocational education. The results indicate that in the case of India, the impact of vocational education on economic growth is both a short-run and long-run phenomenon exhibiting a stable positive relation. Other control variables used in this study, such as Investment, Population, Openness and Inflation are found with a significant impact on economic growth. The study suggests that it is necessary to upgrade vocational education programs to create high-quality workers with a view to improving productivity and macroeconomic outcomes in India.

Keywords: Vocational education; economic growth; short-run impact; long-run impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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