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. 2023 Feb 26;82:102346. doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2023.102346

Table A.3.

Descriptive statistics in 2019 by program.

Schools Municipalities Applicants Coverage
Vocational programs
Hotel & Tourism 82 63 1,009 0.920
Restaurant Management & Food 110 89 1,694 0.913
Health & Social Care 184 135 4,182 0.877
Child & Recreation 174 126 4,688 0.907
Business & Administration 177 118 3,748 0.889
Handicraft 128 67 2,677 0.916
Natural Resource Use 94 70 3,401 0.933
Vehicle & Transport 179 132 5,733 0.892
Building & Construction 191 132 5,250 0.901
Electricity & Energy 221 135 5,893 0.908
HVAC & Property Maintenance 101 69 1,499 0.917
Industrial Technology 131 107 1,770 0.941
Academic programs
Social Science 388 165 20,577 0.929
Humanities 39 30 688 1.000
Business & Economics 308 149 17,147 0.938
Natural Science§ 337 162 15,686 0.930
Technology§ 252 146 10,420 0.912
Arts 193 97 7,364 0.937
All programs 708 188 113,426 0.921

Notes: We denote the programs that we aggregate together for our main analysis with the following symbols: for Hotel & Restaurant, for Building & Industry, ¶ for Social Science & Humanities, and § for Natural Science & Technology. Applicants refers to the total number of individuals who rank the program as the top choice on their application in the final round. Coverage refers to the share of all such applications that we cover nationwide.