Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/111526 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9079
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Outside the U.S., little is known about the labor-market returns to vocational (or polytechnic) postsecondary education. This paper focuses on the labor-market returns to polytechnic bachelor's degrees in Finland. Using detailed administrative data, we estimate person fixed effect models to study returns for individuals with labor-force attachment prior to polytechnic school enrollment. We find sizable earnings and employment impacts for polytechnic bachelor's degrees, although the returns vary by personal characteristics and field of study.
Subjects: 
vocational education
postsecondary education
labor-market returns
JEL: 
J24
I26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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