Vocational Education and Citizenship Behavior: Evidence From South Korea

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Abstract

Existing literature documents significant track differences (academic vs. vocational) in citizenship behavior in Western countries; less has been known about whether the findings are applicable to other societies. Using the 2015 wave of the Korean Youth Competency Questionnaire (KYCQ), this study fills a gap in the literature by examining track differences in student background characteristics and the effect of attending academic high schools on Korean students’ citizenship outcomes. To estimate the school track effect more rigorously, we used inverse probability treatment weighting method (IPTW) to address selection bias. We found that while academic high schools largely served students from privileged families, attending academic high schools had a positive effect on Korean students’ expected participation in voting and legal protest.

Authors

• Hyungryeol Kim, Seoul National University
  Presenting Author

• Kahyeon Yu, Seoul National University
  Presenting Author