Vocational and Academic Education in High School: Complements or Substitutes?.

Kang, Suk; Bishop, John

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Publication Date: 1989

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Vocational and Academic Education in High School: Complements or Substitutes?

Kang, Suk; Bishop, John

Economics of Education Review, v8 n2 p133-48 1989

Examines the effect of vocational coursework on the labor market success of the High School and Beyond seniors who did not attend college full time. Students taking 4 full-year vocational courses and 8 full-year academic courses in their final 3 years earned substantially more immediately after graduating than students taking 12 academic courses. Includes 14 references and 3 appendices. (MLH)

Descriptors: Academic Education, High Schools, Labor Market, Noncollege Bound Students, Success, Vocational Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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