Effect of vocational education on skills development in NEXT11 countries: A focus on Southeast Asian models

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23289
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Choi Seonkyung 広島大学, グローバルキャリアデザインセンター, 助教 (70845619)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 職業教育 / 教育収益率 / 東南アジア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focuses on vocational education that is directly related to the school-to-work transition into the labor market. In particular, this study examines (1) wage effects, (2) job quality for youth, and (3) quality of the job environment. The findings show that secondary vocational education graduates in Indonesia increase their wages compared to general education graduates by accumulating years of work experience as they were able to enter the labor market quicker and earlier than both college graduates and secondary general education graduates. In addition, the effect of years of working experience on wages was stronger for men than for women, suggesting the need to improve women’s vocational education. Overall, secondary vocational education is helpful for the school-to-work transition, especially for workers who had disadvantaged family backgrounds as children.

Free Research Field

教育開発

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

東南アジアにおける労働市場での教育成果（職業教育）をオーストラリアの研究機関から提供する良質のデータを用いて因果関係の識別を試みている点で特徴的である。厳密な手法を用いることでより多くの東南アジア諸国の国際比較可能なエビデンスを提供する意義がある。政策効果の面では、会計環境を含め、ジェンダー別に異なる教育成果が予測され、労働市場における男女間賃金格差を縮小するどのような教育政策をすべきかの示唆を与える意義がある。