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Gender, Vocational Education, and Economic Development: The Japanese Experience

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  • Self, Sharmistha
  • Grabowski, Richard

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Economic development in Japan prior to World War II involved the expansion of labor intensive manufacturing industries that employed a large proportion of women. This was accompanied by the growth in vocational education for women as well as for men. Was the growth in vocational education, especially of women, a result of the economic expansion or a cause? In the postwar period vocational education for women grew slightly, while that for men declined. Was this caused by continued economic growth or did vocational education, especially for women, play a causal role in postwar economic growth? This paper attempts to address these questions using a recently available data set and utilizing the vector error correction methodology. The results indicate that vocational education, especially of females, played a causal role. Thus vocational education may be important in the early stages of growth for today’s developing nations.

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  • Self, Sharmistha & Grabowski, Richard, 2005. "Gender, Vocational Education, and Economic Development: The Japanese Experience," Review of Applied Economics, Lincoln University, Department of Financial and Business Systems, vol. 1(1), pages 1-37, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:reapec:143488
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.143488
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