Open AccessVocational Schools and Regional Development in China
Author(s) -
Tam Bang Vu,
Amber Osman,
Bilal Hussain,
Faizan Farid Ahmed Ali
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of economics and behavioral studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2220-6140
DOI - 10.22610/jebs.v3i6.292
Subject(s) - vocational education , china , causality (physics) , economic growth , regional development , higher education , economics , political science , regional science , geography , physics , quantum mechanics , law
This paper investigates the different impacts of vocational schools and universities on regional development in China. To account for a possible two-way causality between education and economic development, a system of supply and demand equations is introduced. The results show that vocational education has higher impact on regional development than university education in China. Concerning the reverse causality, the paper finds that effect of regional development on university education is higher than its effect on vocational school education.