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Technical Education, Non-cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Brazil.
- Source :
- IZA Journal of Labor Economics; 11/25/2021, Vol. 10, p1-34, 34p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21938997
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- IZA Journal of Labor Economics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156093867
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2478/izajole-2021-0002