Higher Education Opportunity and the Choice of Vocational vs. Academic High School

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This research uses CHIP data of 2018 to examine the impact of higher education opportunities on the middle school graduates' choice between academic and vocational high schools. The findings indicate that a higher university quota at the provincial level increases the likelihood of middle school graduates choosing an academic high school, and the probability of choosing a vocational high school is negatively correlated with elite university opportunities in urban China. These results suggest that spatial differences in higher education opportunities significantly influence the type of human capital investment at the high school stage in China.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16149

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Education and Inequality ; Education and Economic Development ; Returns to Education ; State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
• Subject: human capital investment ; higher education opportunity ; the choice of vocational vs. academic high school

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Xing, Chunbing ; Sun, Yan ; Luo, Chuliang
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2023

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/278847
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET