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

• Main Author: Olfindo, Rosechin
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Vocational education; wage effects; Philippines; Education Policy
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/56; https://muse.jhu.edu/article/691980
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

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...