@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp9079, author={Böckerman, Petri and Haapanen, Mika and Jepsen, Christopher}, title={Back to School? Labor-Market Returns to Vocational Postsecondary Education}, year={2015}, month={May}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={9079}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9079}, abstract={Outside the U.S., little is known about the labor-market returns to vocational (or polytechnic) postsecondary education. This paper focuses on the labor-market returns to polytechnic bachelor's degrees in Finland. Using detailed administrative data, we estimate person fixed effect models to study returns for individuals with labor-force attachment prior to polytechnic school enrollment. We find sizable earnings and employment impacts for polytechnic bachelor's degrees, although the returns vary by personal characteristics and field of study.}, keywords={vocational education;postsecondary education;labor-market returns}, }