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abstract: 'Purpose - This study sets out to investigate the pattern of benefits
from education along the earnings distribution and compares this pattern
between general and vocational/technical education in Singapore, with a
particular focus on male-female differences.
Design/methodology/approach - Quantile regression methodology is used,
which allows for estimates of education benefits that differentiate the
contribution of the quantity and quality of education along the earnings
distribution. The quantile regression estimates highlight where in the
income/ability distribution the impact of education is more pronounced.
Findings - Finds that, while the pattern of returns to an additional
year of education for general education follows that of other high
income countries, exhibiting increasing returns to education as one goes
from lower to higher income quantiles, the returns to vocational
education exhibit much lower heterogeneity. Based on the findings, the
vocational education system in Singapore has served women with secondary
vocational qualifications particularly well. They earn more, have higher
labor force participation, experience higher employment rates and are
associated with a narrower gender earnings gap compared with women with
general education. However, this is not the case for women with
polytechnic qualifications, who earn much less than men with such
qualifications.
Practical implications - The findings suggest that, by and large,
Singapore''s vocational education system at the secondary level has
successfully addressed the needs of the industry and has contributed
towards narrowing gender earnings differentials. It has also contributed
towards less overall earnings inequality, because it results in less
heterogeneity in the returns to education, compared with general
education. However, the curricula of polytechnics need to be re-examined
to identify the cause of the sharply lower female benefits from this
type of education.
Originality/value - The paper contributes to the empirical literature
with its use of the quantile regression methodology in evaluating the
benefits of vocational versus general education for men and women.'
affiliation: 'Sakellariou, C (Corresponding Author), Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Humanities
\& Social Sci, Dept Econ, Singapore, Singapore.
Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Humanities \& Social Sci, Dept Econ, Singapore, Singapore.'
author: Sakellariou, Chris
author-email: acsake@ntu.edu.sg
author_list:
- family: Sakellariou
given: Chris
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1108/01437720610679214
eissn: 1758-6577
files: []
issn: 0143-7720
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER
keywords: vocational training; rate of return; gender; Singapore
keywords-plus: COUNTRIES; RETURN
language: English
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '23'
pages: 358-376
papis_id: 041f41214a46f23a495c5fda4ab84ff5
ref: Sakellariou2006benefitsgeneral
times-cited: '4'
title: Benefits of general vs vocational/technical education in Singapore using quantile
regressions
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000240608500004
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '31'
volume: '27'
web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor; Management
year: '2006'