Long-Term Returns to Vocational Training: Evidence from Military Sources

Vocational Secondary Schooling, Occupational Choice, and Earnings in Brazil

“…They report significant eamings advantages for vocational school completers working in related fields compared both to those who do not work in related fields and also to academic school completers. Fredland and Little (1980) contrasted the eamings of "users' and "non-users^ of vocational education in the actual job of a sample of males from the National Longitudinal Survey In the US. Rumberger and Daymont (1984) matched vocational education credits in school with current fields of work.…”

Vocational schooling and economic development: A Maltese case study

“…Some claim that students trained in a vocation do better in getting jobs than students opting for a general education (Freedland and Little, 1980). A study carried out with 12,000 young people by the U. S. National Center for Research and Vocational Education, for instance, found that the more vocational courses the student takes, the more likely s/he is to find a job (Campbell, 1981).…”

Economic Returns to Military Service

“…However, this issue has taken on added significance since the end of the draft and the institution of the AVF in 1973. Now that military service is primarily a matter of individual choice, the military must compete for young people with civilian employers and educational institutions (Blair and Phillips, 1983 Villamez and Kasarda, 1976;Fredland and Little, 1980;Detray, 1982).…”