TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the status of recent Korean four-year college students’ acquisition of vocational qualification certificates (hereinafter “certificates” or “qualifications”), the factors that influence certificate acquisition, and the resulting employment and wage effects.Design/methodology/approach Regression analysis was conducted on the data from the Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey.Findings The results showed that females and medicine and education majors had higher rates of vocational qualifications, as did the students in provincial as compared to metropolitan areas and students with high grades. In terms of effects on labor market outcomes, vocational qualifications exert a moderate degree of positive influence on employment rate, wage at the time of initial employment, and current wage (i.e. there is a persistent wage effect).Originality/value This study will provide policy implications to decrease youth unemployment in Korea and worldwide as well as to build employment services supporting the acquisition of vocational qualifications across various disciplines.
VL  - 59
IS  - 6
SN  - 0040-0912
DO  - 10.1108/ET-11-2016-0166
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-11-2016-0166
AU  - Lee Young-Min
AU  - Cho Sung-Eun
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Job outcomes among Korean graduates with vocational qualifications
T2  - Education + Training
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 619
EP  - 634
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -