Coordinating Public-Private Partnership in VET Sector: Evidence from China

P. Yang
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P. Yang: China Institute for Education Finance Research, Peking University, China

Journal of the New Economic Association, 2017, vol. 36, issue 4, 189-198

Abstract: Chinese government encourages public-private-partnership (PPP) programs in vocational education (VET) sector in order to solve the collective action dilemma in training market. The article reviews background and policy framework for PPP reform and its current development. Descriptive analysis based on 257 firm-college pairs and 1,679 specific collaboration practices between 171 vocational colleges and 257 industry partners show the most common forms of collaboration at provincial level include master instructors assigned by firms, faculty training, stipends and wages for students, and student aid. Moreover, there is a high degree of variation in terms of popularity of each practice among firms. Firm's choice of collaboration model depends on its ownership type. This paper further illustrates how intermediary organizations can facilitate inter-firm collaboration and schoolfirm cooperation under three PPP coordination models, including firm-led, government-led, and jointled model, based on analyses of multiple case studies in various Chinese regions. The paper concludes with a summary of findings and suggestions for future PPP coordination.

Keywords: public-private-partnership; China; intermediary organizations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 I25 I28 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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