Originally published as the International Journal of Manpower Volume 27 Number 4, 2006
ISBN: 1 84663 086 X
Guest Edited by: Yana van der Meulen Rodgers and Teresa Boyer
The emphasis on vocational education and access to different types of vocational training across demographic groups vary considerably around the world.
Gender, racial and ethnic patterns prevail and these set the stage for new research on vocational education and for new policy initiatives that create new opportunities for specialization in vocational training. This Special Issue covers major topics regarding gender and racial differences in vocational training, and provides perspective for researchers, educators, and policymakers by addressing the imbalances in access to training and types of training and providing more evidence on how the relative benefits for vocational schooling differ across demographic groups.
Contents:
Gender and racial differences in vocational education: an international perspective
This paper seeks to examine the extent to which education systems around the world embrace vocational schooling and the degree to which exposure to vocational schooling differs by gender and race. The authors use distributional analysis applied to cross-country data from Unesco to examine shares of secondary school students enrolled in the vocational track, by gender.
Still a wedge in the door: women training for the construction trades in the USA
This paper aims to evaluate the variations in the entry and exit of women apprentices in the USA, overall and by race/ethnicity, over the 1995-2003 period. It also aims to examine how women's representation among new apprentices and their attrition and retention rates vary with individual, training programme, and occupational characteristics.
Ethnicity, gender and vocational education in Denmark
The purpose of this article is to investigate whether family background and the choice of vocational field explain the observed gap in dropout rates from vocational upper secondary education between natives and children of immigrants in Denmark and to investigate ethnic and gender differences in educational choices.
Benefits of general vs vocational/technical education in Singapore using quantile regressions
This study sets out to investigate the pattern of benefits from education along the earnings distribution and compares this pattern between general and vocational/technical education in Singapore, with a particular focus on male-female differences.
Vocational training for the unemployed: its impact on uncommonly served groups
This paper aims to examine the impact of vocational training on unemployed workers not typically studied: women enrolled in engineering or computer programming training and high school dropouts.
Legal remedies for girls' under-representation in non-traditional career and technical education
The purpose of this article is to document the extent of girls' under-representation in non-traditional high school career and technical education courses, examine the role of sex discrimination in these disparities, and identify legal remedies for addressing the problem.
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