Gender, Vocational Education, and Economic Development: The Japanese Experience
| dc.creator | Self, Sharmistha | |
| dc.creator | Grabowski, Richard | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T20:16:31Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T06:49:26Z | |
| dc.description | 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. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.143488 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/143488/files/Grabowski%20Final%20_Sept_.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/143488 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/581251 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/143488 | |
| dc.title | Gender, Vocational Education, and Economic Development: The Japanese Experience | |
| dc.type | Text |