Tracing Labor Market Outcomes of Technical and Vocational Training Graduates in Saudi Arabia

• Tác giả: Nayib Rivera
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 828.99 English-language literatures not requiring local emphasis
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2022
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 310510
• Chủ đề: 1. FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION; 2. HUMAN CAPITAL; 3. LABOR MARKET; 4. SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; 5. TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Tóm tắt

This paper exploits a rich dataset from various administrative sources to study short- and medium-term labor market outcomes of vocational education and training graduates in Saudi Arabia. It examines five cohorts of graduates from institutes operated by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation who are formally employed in the private sector. The outcome measures for the study are based on monthly earnings data from the private sector social insurance records covering up to five years after graduation for the first cohort. The analysis finds positive returns to technical and vocational education are sustained over time. However, program orientation and economic conditions at the time of graduation appears to impact wages. Furthermore, vocational education and training in Saudi Arabia is associated with higher job mobility after graduation from the program. Students' mobility premium is enhanced by completion of the program, suggesting improved skills signaling and utilization contributing to higher returns to vocational education and training. The analysis identifies several challenges and opportunities to further improve outcomes of graduates, such as reducing the gender gap in labor market outcomes of female graduates and reducing the high incidence of vertical mismatch among graduates' field-of-study selection and the occupations group in which they are employed.