ABSTRACT

Indonesia has prioritized upper secondary vocational education since 2006. This study examines the labour market outcomes of upper secondary vocational education in terms of decent work (DW), using Indonesian Family Life Survey data and a research framework that links DW into the broader labour economics of the school to work transition. We compare urban and rural workers with upper secondary vocational education to those with general education, using both simple regressions and propensity score matching. Workers with upper secondary vocational education do not earn higher wages or have better employment conditions than workers with general education. An exception is for workplace-provided training and pensions, where vocational graduates did better than general ones in 2014–15, a change from 2007; this effect was also much stronger in urban than in rural areas. Our findings raise questions about Indonesia’s policy of expanding upper secondary vocational education without also focusing on its quality.

摘要

印度尼西亚自 2006 年以来一直优先考虑高中职业教育。本研究利用印度尼西亚家庭生活调查数据和将体面工作与更广泛的劳动经济学联系起来的研究框架，考察了高中职业教育在体面工作 (DW) 方面的劳动力市场成果。学校到工作的过渡。我们使用简单回归和倾向得分匹配的方法，将受过高中职业教育的城乡工人与受过普通教育的城乡工人进行了比较。接受高中职业教育的工人并不比接受普通教育的工人获得更高的工资或更好的就业条件。工作场所提供的培训和养老金是一个例外，2014-15 年职业毕业生的表现优于普通毕业生，与 2007 年相比的变化；这种效应在城市地区也比在农村地区强得多。我们的研究结果对印度尼西亚扩大高中职业教育而不关注其质量的政策提出了质疑。