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Choice for China: What Role for Vocational Education in Green Growth?
Author(s) -
Jaeger Carlo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
china and world economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.815
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1749-124X
pISSN - 1671-2234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-124x.2014.12084.x
Subject(s) - vocational education , china , division of labour , economics , economic system , economic growth , market economy , political science , law
Green growth cannot succeed without significant changes in the education system and the closely related social division of labor. This paper combines historical evidence and a game‐theoretic analysis to study the relation between vocational education and green growth. It is found that a low‐vocation and a high‐vocation equilibrium can be distinguished in the interplay between education and labor markets, and that a high‐vocation equilibrium is better suited for green growth. At the present stage of development, there are tendencies in both directions in China. Therefore, China has the possibility to successfully implement a green growth strategy by developing a strong vocational education with Chinese characteristics.