Economic Returns to Adult Vocational Qualifications

Autor/inn/en	Bratsberg, Bernt; Nyen, Torgeir; Raaum, Oddbjørn
Titel	Economic Returns to Adult Vocational Qualifications
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 33 (2020) 2, S.99-114 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bratsberg, Bernt) ORCID (Nyen, Torgeir)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2020.1722988
Schlagwörter	Outcomes of Education; Apprenticeships; Workplace Learning; Work Experience; Qualifications; Foreign Countries; Job Skills; Adults; Labor Market; Vocational Education; Dropouts; Educational Attainment; Secondary Education; Longitudinal Studies; Gender Differences; Income; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Ausland; Produktive Fertigkeit; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sekundarbereich; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Einkommen; Norwegen
Abstract	Some countries have certifying institutions for competence acquired at the workplace. These institutions provide incentives for workplace training that may have favourable effects on productivity, earnings and labour market participation. We present evidence on the earnings effects of attaining vocational qualifications in adulthood through two alternative routes: (1) apprenticeship and (2) recognition and testing of vocational competence acquired through relevant work experience. Drawing on longitudinal administrative data from Norway and tracking the labour market careers of individuals without completed upper secondary education by age 25, we estimate the impacts of acquiring vocational qualifications on future labour earnings. To allow for differential labour market trajectories of those who do and do not acquire qualifications, we account for unobserved individual heterogeneity in both levels and earnings growth. Without a rich representation of unobserved heterogeneity, estimated earnings effects are exaggerated. We find that vocational qualifications from both the apprenticeship and the experience-based routes boost earnings of men and women. Certification of already acquired skills has some value in itself, but adult apprenticeships have more positive effects on future earnings, as they involve greater individual skills development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01