Does more general education reduce the risk of future unemployment? Evidence from labor market experiences during the Great Recession.

Autor/in	Hall, Caroline
Titel	Does more general education reduce the risk of future unemployment? Evidence from labor market experiences during the Great Recession. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Reduziert mehr Allgemeinbildung das Risiko späterer Arbeitslosigkeit? Erfahrungen aus einem Arbeitsmarktexperiment während der Wirtschaftskrise.
Quelle	In: Economics of education review, (2016) 52, S. 251-271Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2016.03.005
Schlagwörter	Allgemeinbildung; Bildungsreform; Schulzeit; Sekundarstufe II; Erfolgskontrolle; Curriculum; Beschäftigungseffekt; Rezession; Berufsbildung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarktrisiko
Abstract	"This paper investigates whether acquiring more general education reduces the risk of future unemployment. I study an educational reform in Sweden which prolonged the vocational programs in upper secondary school and gave them a considerably larger general content. The research design exploits variation across regions and over time in the implementation of a large-scale pilot which preceded the reform. I examine the students' labor market experiences during the 2008-2010 recession, at which time they had reached their late 30 s. I find no evidence that having attended a longer and more general program reduced the risk of experiencing unemployment. Among students with low GPAs from compulsory school, attending a pilot program seems instead to have led to an increased risk of unemployment. This pattern is strongest among male students and the effect is likely to be explained by the increased dropout rate which resulted from the change of the programs." (Author's abstract, © 2016 Elsevier).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2016/4