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Direct linkWang, Geng; Wang, Zhonghan – Oxford Review of Education, 2023
In the Reform Era, the Chinese Government has placed great emphasis on the role of education in ensuring the economic success of individuals and of the country as a whole. While vocational and academic post-secondary qualifications are officially set at the same level, vocational education is positioned at the bottom of the educational hierarchy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Vocational Education, Academic Education
Xiangrong, Wu – Frontiers of Education in China, 2008
The paper estimates the returns to overeducation by the Over-Required and Undereducation (ORU) model. The estimated results indicate that the returns to overeducation are positive, but lower than the returns to required education, which suggests that while overeducated employees' earnings are diminished, they still can benefit from it. The paper…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Wages
Download full textXu, Zeyu – 2003
Lifelong learning and skill flexibility are especially important for workers in China, where structural economic adjustment has generated 22 million layoffs from state-owned enterprises since 1997. Skills that were in huge demand in previous years, such as accounting, international trade, and language translation, are now facing serious oversupply…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education, Demand Occupations
