Vocational secondary schooling in Israel: a study of labor market outcomes

Adrian Ziderman

No 142, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper examines the efficacy of vocational school education in relation to that of the academic secondary school; the focus is on non-postsecondary school attenders. Given the relatively small fraction of youth that attend, and complete, tertiary education in developing countries, thesecondary school completer population that does not continue into tertiary education plays an important role in economic development. Using data from the 1930 population census, the study shows vocational schooling to be more cost-effective than general academic education. These results are at odds with the predominantly held view that vocational schooling is a socially inefficient form of education. Too often however, the previous studies have concentrated on earnings, without taking into account such intervening variables as type of occupation and its relevance to vocational studies pursued. In this case study we are shown that such considerations are central to a proper understanding of the labor market outcomes of vocational schooling.

Keywords: Teaching and Learning; Gender and Education; Education Reform and Management; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Primary Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989-01-31
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