A Diagnostic and Policy Options for the Vocational Education and Training System in Belarus
This report contributes to the scarce literature on labor market outcomes of different levels of education and returns to education in Belarus. Previous calculations of returns to education in Belarus were carried out for 1996-2001 (Pastore and Ver...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/971731624513945536/A-Diagnostic-and-Policy-Options-for-the-Vocational-Education-and-Training-System-in-Belarus http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35905 |
| Summary: | This report contributes to the scarce
literature on labor market outcomes of different levels of
education and returns to education in Belarus. Previous
calculations of returns to education in Belarus were carried
out for 1996-2001 (Pastore and Verashchagina 2006) and for
1995-2011 (Chubrik 2013). Unlike previous studies that
emphasized higher education, this analysis concentrates on
returns to VET. The report shows patterns of returns to
education that are consistent with previous studies for
Belarus and recent estimates for Russia (Melianova and
others 2020). The results from Russia are particularly
relevant given the institutional similarities between Russia
and Belarus. The report is structured as follows. Section
two presents an overview of education and the VET system,
along with recent macroeconomic, education and labor market
trends in Belarus. Section three describes the data and
methodology used for the analysis. Section four provides the
main results of the World Bank’s analysis of the labor
market outcomes of VET graduates compared to graduates of
other educational programs. It also includes analysis of the
socioeconomic status of VET compared to general education
students. Finally, section five offers policy
recommendations for the improvement of VET system in Belarus
while section six concludes the report with concluding remarks. |
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