Manufacturing matching crisis: A cost-benefit analysis of providing vocational industrial education for upper-secondary general graduates in Sweden
(2021) NEKP01 20211Department of Economics
- Abstract
- This paper sets out to analyse the potential effectiveness of providing complementary upper-secondary Industry Programme education. The target group of individuals is young upper-secondary graduates from general programmes that have not continued into tertiary education. Relying on economic literature on education effectiveness in general, existing aggregate public data on incomes, reports from agencies and interest groups and interviews with education organisers, this paper finds generally positive signs of effectiveness of this education to this group of students and other stakeholders. This paper therefore opts for recommending the implementation of the policy. The recommendation comes with a caveat, stating that the organisers should... (More)
- This paper sets out to analyse the potential effectiveness of providing complementary upper-secondary Industry Programme education. The target group of individuals is young upper-secondary graduates from general programmes that have not continued into tertiary education. Relying on economic literature on education effectiveness in general, existing aggregate public data on incomes, reports from agencies and interest groups and interviews with education organisers, this paper finds generally positive signs of effectiveness of this education to this group of students and other stakeholders. This paper therefore opts for recommending the implementation of the policy. The recommendation comes with a caveat, stating that the organisers should within reasonable limits control the composition of the classes in order to effectively move people from unemployment to employment. For large positive effects education organiser should ensure a good labour market for their graduates upon graduation with relevant employment within their field of study. (Less)
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- author
- Ohlin, Albert LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKP01 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- CBA, vocational education, education economics, Komvux, Yrkesvux
- language
- English
- id
- 9063987
- date added to LUP
- 2021-10-14 10:04:39
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- 2021-10-14 10:04:39
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