ERIC Number: EJ860342
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Dec
Pages: 10
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Labour Market Effects of the Polytechnic Education Reform: The Finnish Experience
Bockerman, Petri; Hamalainen, Ulla; Uusitalo, Roope
Economics of Education Review, v28 n6 p672-681 Dec 2009
This paper evaluates the labour market effects of the introduction of the polytechnic education system in Finland. The polytechnic reform gradually transformed former vocational colleges into polytechnics. Since the timing of the reform differed across schools, we can compare the performance of polytechnic graduates to the performance of vocational college graduates controlling for both the year and the school effects. The results are somewhat sensitive to how the selectivity issues are treated but generally suggest that both the earnings and the employment levels of post-reform graduates are higher in the field of business and administration. The effects are much smaller and usually insignificant in other fields. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Employment Level, Labor Market, College Graduates, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Improvement Programs, Educational Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Economics, Outcomes of Education, Educational Indicators, Comparative Analysis, Followup Studies, Education Work Relationship, Postsecondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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