Arbeitspapier
Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel
There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets are characterized by employment growth, skill shortages and a good match between vocational skills and available jobs, the record of vocational schooling has been more positive. Israel constitutes a case in point. However, little attention has been given to examining the success of vocational education in raising the wages of various subsections of the labor force, in particular of minorities and disadvantaged groups. In this paper, we examine the efficacy of vocational education in raising the wage levels of four such groups: recent immigrants, Jews of Eastern origin, Israeli Arabs and females. The results are mixed, differing from group to group, thus justifying our approach of examining the impact of vocational schooling on finer breakdowns of the population of secondary school completers.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 348
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Analysis of Education
- Thema
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Wage differentials
human capital
gender
ethnicity
immigration
Arabs
vocational education.
Berufsbildung
Lohn
Ethnische Gruppe
Frauen
Israel
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Neuman, Shoshana
Ziderman, Adrian
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2001
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Neuman, Shoshana
- Ziderman, Adrian
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2001
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