Abstract
This is an economic analysis of education that is specific to a particular profession or vocation, but not to a particular firm. It is therefore new in relation to Becker's analysis, which distinguished only between firm-specific training and general training without addressing this in-between case. The basic issue is the optimum degree of vocationalization of the curriculum. The evidence is that a properblance between vocational and general curricula is efficient. But there are growthrelated criteria for different rates of expansion for each. Criteria for the most efficient mixture of vocational schooling and on-the-job training are considered, as are the implications for policy and equity of overexpanding separately tracked schools.
Zusammenfassung
Dieser Artikel ist eine Wirtschaftsanalyse von berufsspartenoder berufsspezifischer jedoch nicht firmenspezifischer Ausbildung. Mit der Analyse Beckers verglichen, die nur zwischen firmenspezifischer und allgemeiner Ausbildung unterscheidet, ohne diesen Zwischenbereich zu behandeln, ist sie daher neuartig. Hauptsächlich geht es dabei um den optimalen Grad an Berufsorientierung des Curriculums. Es hat sich gezeigt, daß die richtige Ausgewogenheit zwischen berufsorientierten und allgemeinen Curricula effizient ist. Es gibt jedoch wachstumsbezogene Kriterien für unterschiedliche Expansionsraten. Kriterien für die wirksamste Verflechtung von Berufsbildung und berufsbegleitender Ausbildung werden ebenso berücksichtigt wie die Auswirkungen auf Richtlinien und Gleichstellung bei der Überexpansion verschiedener Schulsparten.
Résumé
L'article présent est une analyse économique de la formation spécifique à une profession ou à un métier particuliers, et non à une firme particulière. Elle diffère donc de celle de Becker qui distingue seulement la formation spécifique à une firme et l'enseignement général sans tenir compte de ce cas intermédiaire. La question fondamentale qui est posée est celle relative au degré optimal de professionnalisation des contenus de l'éducation. II apparait évident qu'un équilibre convenable entre l'enseignement professionnel et l'enseignement général est positif. Il existe cependant des critères de grandeur pour les différent taux d'expansion de chacun. Les critères du système le plus efficace combinant un enseignement professionnel et une formation en cours d'emploi sont analysés ainsi que les implications pour la politique et l'équité d'une expansion excessive d'écoles dispensant un enseignement spécialisé.
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Mcmahon, W.J. The economics of vocational and technical education: Do the benefits outweigh the costs?. Int Rev Educ 34, 173–194 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01874544
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