Technical Education, Non-cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Brazil
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 municipaliti...
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oai:doaj.org-article:2c4692e52b86442aa7043555a1db806a2021-12-05T14:11:08ZTechnical Education, Non-cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Brazil2193-899710.2478/izajole-2021-0002https://doaj.org/article/2c4692e52b86442aa7043555a1db806a2021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/izajole-2021-0002https://doaj.org/toc/2193-8997This 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.Camargo JulianaLima LyciaRiva FlavioSouza André PortelaSciendoarticlevocational educationhuman capitalnon-cognitive skillslabor market outcomesc21i38j24Economic growth, development, planningHD72-88Labor. Work. Working classHD4801-8943ENIZA Journal of Labor Economics, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 939-956 (2021) |
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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. |
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Camargo Juliana Lima Lycia Riva Flavio Souza André Portela |
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Camargo Juliana Lima Lycia Riva Flavio Souza André Portela |
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Technical Education, Non-cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Brazil |
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Technical Education, Non-cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Brazil |
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Technical Education, Non-cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Brazil |
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Technical Education, Non-cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Brazil |
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technical education, non-cognitive skills and labor market outcomes: experimental evidence from brazil |
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