The Effects of High School Career and Technical Education on Employment, Wages, and Educational Attainment
通过构建动态结构模型，利用全国纵向数据，研究了高中职业与技术教育对就业、工资和大学入学的影响，发现贸易类CTE能提高工资和就业，但降低大学入学率。
I investigate the effects of high school career and technical education (CTE) on later-life outcomes, by constructing a dynamic structural model that instruments for curricula choice using variation in CTE opportunities and local labor market controls. Estimates derived from national longitudinal data suggest that trade CTE, relative to general education and business CTE, improves wages and employment opportunities while increasing high school graduation but decreasing university graduation propensities. Policy simulations suggest that incorporating vocational certification into CTE would improve labor market outcomes. Simulations also suggest that strict high school tracking would increase the dropout rate but improve outcomes for graduates at the expense of their high school utility.