The Effects of Career and Technical Education: Evidence from the Connecticut Technical High School System

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Brunner, Eric J.; Dougherty, Shaun M.; Ross, Stephen L.
• 署名单位: University of Connecticut; Vanderbilt University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01098
• 发表日期: 2023-07
• 页码: 867-882
• 关键词: regression discontinuity designs; inference; CHOICE; IMPACT

摘要

We examine the effect of attending stand-alone technical high schools in Connecticut using regression discontinuity. Male students are 10 percentage points more likely to graduate from high school and have half a semester less time enrolled in college. Male students have 32% higher average quarterly earnings. Earnings effects may in part reflect general skills: male students have higher attendance rates and test scores, industry fixed effects explain less than one-third of earnings gains, and large earnings gains persist past traditional college going years. Attending a technical high school does not affect the outcomes of female students.