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@article{ Sander2019,
 title = {Medium and long-term returns to professional education in Switzerland: explaining differences between occupational fields},
 author = {Sander, Fabian and Kriesi, Irene},
 journal = {Social Inclusion},
 number = {3},
 pages = {136-153},
 volume = {7},
 year = {2019},
 issn = {2183-2803},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i3.2042},
 abstract = {In Switzerland, initial vocational education and training graduates may enter a track of the tertiary system called professional education. Professional education represents about one-third of the tertiary system, includes numerous vocational training courses, and prepares for managerial or expert positions. Despite its prevalence, the long-term returns to professional education have rarely been investigated due to lacking data. In order to fill this gap, we will estimate the long-term returns to professional education based on a novel methodological design. Secondly, we aim to explain the differences in the returns to professional education between occupational fields by making use of the task-based approach of Autor, Levy and Murnane (2003). Analyses are based on the Swiss Labour Force Survey from 1991-2016. Based on a quasi-panel with cohort fixed effects and on linear regression models, our results reveal average short-term returns to professional education of 7% and long-term returns of 11%. However, we find considerable differences in the returns between training fields, which can partly be attributed to differences in the change of task composition after completion of professional education between occupations.},
 keywords = {vocational education; Switzerland; Berufsbildung; Schweiz; Absolvent; training; Ausbildung; graduate}}