The Effects of Career and Technical Education: Evidence from the Connecticut Technical High School System

Abstract We examine the effect of attending stand-alone technical high schools in Connecticut using regression discontinuity. Male students are 10 percentage points more likely to graduate from school and have half a semester less time enrolled college. 32% higher average quarterly earnings. Earnings effects may part reflect general skills: male attendance rates test scores, industry fixed explain than one-third earnings gains, large gains persist past traditional college going years. Attending does not affect outcomes female students.