Rethinking Vocational Education in the Philippines: Does It Really Lead to Higher Wages?

Vocational education is often seen as a means of enhancing the earning potential of disadvantaged workers — those with lower levels of general formal education, or without adequate skills to integrate into the labour market. International evidence on the effects of vocational education on earnings i...

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Main Author: Olfindo, Rosechin
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.asog-pubs-10562022-04-04T05:15:58Z Rethinking Vocational Education in the Philippines: Does It Really Lead to Higher Wages? Olfindo, Rosechin Vocational education is often seen as a means of enhancing the earning potential of disadvantaged workers — those with lower levels of general formal education, or without adequate skills to integrate into the labour market. International evidence on the effects of vocational education on earnings is mixed. An earlier study on the Philippines indicated that this type of education can increase the wages of low-educated workers. However, by using a more recent household survey and employing alternative statistical techniques, this paper finds contrasting evidence. The new estimates indicate that workers who obtained vocational education do not earn significantly more than those who did not. The differences in estimates imply that the wage effects of vocational education among Filipino workers remain unclear. Therefore, caution must be exercised while making policies that aim to promote vocational education as an alternative to general formal education. 2018-04-01T07:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/56 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/691980 Ateneo School of Government Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo Vocational education wage effects Philippines Education Policy
institution Ateneo De Manila University
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Philippines
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topic Vocational education
wage effects
Philippines
Education Policy
spellingShingle Vocational education
wage effects
Philippines
Education Policy
Olfindo, Rosechin
Rethinking Vocational Education in the Philippines: Does It Really Lead to Higher Wages?
description Vocational education is often seen as a means of enhancing the earning potential of disadvantaged workers — those with lower levels of general formal education, or without adequate skills to integrate into the labour market. International evidence on the effects of vocational education on earnings is mixed. An earlier study on the Philippines indicated that this type of education can increase the wages of low-educated workers. However, by using a more recent household survey and employing alternative statistical techniques, this paper finds contrasting evidence. The new estimates indicate that workers who obtained vocational education do not earn significantly more than those who did not. The differences in estimates imply that the wage effects of vocational education among Filipino workers remain unclear. Therefore, caution must be exercised while making policies that aim to promote vocational education as an alternative to general formal education.
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author Olfindo, Rosechin
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title Rethinking Vocational Education in the Philippines: Does It Really Lead to Higher Wages?
title_short Rethinking Vocational Education in the Philippines: Does It Really Lead to Higher Wages?
title_full Rethinking Vocational Education in the Philippines: Does It Really Lead to Higher Wages?
title_fullStr Rethinking Vocational Education in the Philippines: Does It Really Lead to Higher Wages?
title_full_unstemmed Rethinking Vocational Education in the Philippines: Does It Really Lead to Higher Wages?
title_sort rethinking vocational education in the philippines: does it really lead to higher wages?
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2018
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/56
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/691980
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