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Abstract:
The tracking of students in upper-secondary school is often criticised for narrowing the career prospects of students in the vocational education and training (VET) track, which in many countries leads to the stigmatisation of VET courses. To tackle this problem, Australia blurred the lines between the two tracks by introducing VET courses that count to both a national VET qualification and university entry. In this study, [the authors] estimate the impacts of taking these courses on academic achievement and university entry using administrative data, propensity score matching and a... [+] Show more
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Secondary education; Students; Outcomes; Higher education; Equity; Statistics; Participation
Keywords: VET in schools; Academic achievement; Access to education and training; Data analysis
Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania
Published: Bonn, Germany: IZA, 2016
Physical description: [45] p.
Access item:
http://ftp.iza.org/dp9694.pdf