Impact of career education on high school students’ occupational choice: Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial

IF 1.3 4区经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS Japan and the World Economy Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.japwor.2022.101146

Ryosuke Moriyasu , Toru Kobayashi

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Abstract

What influence does career-relevant information have on occupational choices? This study analyzes changes in career preferences related to the provision of career-relevant information through a cluster-randomized controlled trial with students at a rural Japanese high school. We examined the potential effects of two types of information, including an information regarding impact of technological innovation on labor markets program (the “ICT-AI Impact on the Labor Market” program) and an information regarding how to deepen “self-understanding” (the “self-understanding” program). The results reveal that the ICT-AI Impact program did not induce statistically significant shifts in students’ occupational choices. By contrast, the self-understanding program shifted students’ occupational choices regarding professional occupations such as educational, medical, and legal professions. Our findings indicate that career-relevant information provision can be an effective policy tool in the labor market because the provision can support students’ occupational choices.

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职业教育对高中生职业选择的影响:来自聚类随机对照试验的证据

职业相关信息对职业选择有什么影响?本研究以日本农村高中学生为研究对象，采用整群随机对照试验，分析职业偏好与职业相关信息提供相关的变化。我们研究了两类信息的潜在影响，包括关于技术创新对劳动力市场影响的信息(“ICT-AI对劳动力市场的影响”计划)和关于如何加深“自我理解”的信息(“自我理解”计划)。结果显示，ICT-AI影响计划并没有引起学生职业选择的统计显着变化。相比之下，自我理解项目改变了学生对专业职业的选择，如教育、医疗和法律职业。研究结果表明，职业相关信息的提供可以成为劳动力市场上有效的政策工具，因为它可以支持学生的职业选择。

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Japan and the World Economy ECONOMICS-

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期刊介绍： The increase in Japan share of international trade and financial transactions has had a major impact on the world economy in general and on the U.S. economy in particular. The new economic interdependence between Japan and its trading partners created a variety of problems and so raised many issues that require further study. Japan and the World Economy will publish original research in economics, finance, managerial sciences, and marketing that express these concerns.