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Economic Returns to Vocational Courses in U.S. High Schools

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Vocationalisation of Secondary Education Revisited

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  1. John H. Bishop
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  1. UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Bonn, Germany

    Rupert Maclean

  2. OISE, University of Toronto, Canada

    David N. Wilson

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Bishop, J.H., Mañe, F. (2005). Economic Returns to Vocational Courses in U.S. High Schools. In: Maclean, R., Wilson, D.N., Lauglo, J., Maclean, R. (eds) Vocationalisation of Secondary Education Revisited. UNESCO-UNEVOC Book Series Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3034-7_8

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