Medium and long-term returns to professional education in Switzerland. Explaining differences between occupational fields
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Kriesi, Irene
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2019
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01A - Journal article
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Social Inclusion
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7
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3
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136-153
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Cogitatio Press
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Lissabon
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In Switzerland, initial vocational education and training graduates may enter a track of the tertiary system called professional education. Professional education represents about one-third of the tertiary system, includes numerous vocational training courses, and prepares for managerial or expert positions. Despite its prevalence, the long-term returns to professional education have rarely been investigated due to lacking data. In order to fill this gap, we will estimate the long-term returns to professional education based on a novel methodological design. Secondly, we aim to explain the differences in the returns to professional education between occupational fields by making use of the task-based approach of Autor, Levy and Murnane (2003). Analyses are based on the Swiss Labour Force Survey from 1991–2016. Based on a quasi-panel with cohort fixed effects and on linear regression models, our results reveal average short-term returns to professional education of 7% and long-term returns of 11%. However, we find considerable differences in the returns between training fields, which can partly be attributed to differences in the change of task composition after completion of professional education between occupations.
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330 - Wirtschaft
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2183–2803
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English
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Published
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SANDER, Fabian und Irene KRIESI, 2019. Medium and long-term returns to professional education in Switzerland. Explaining differences between occupational fields. Social Inclusion. 2019. Bd. 7, Nr. 3, S. 136–153. DOI 10.17645/si.v7i3.2042. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-6781