The impacts of career-technical education on high school labor market success

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-402

  Bishop, John H ^a   Mane, Ferran ^b  

^a and History   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Career technical education; Economic impact; High school completion rates; Rates of return; Salary wage differentials; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR MARKET; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542627413     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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