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The drop in 2024 should be interpreted with caution, as the rules were changed after the 2023 peak to allow applications to up to three private schools (where previously there had been no limit).

Many outlets explain this trend as being linked to the schools’ differing responses during pandemic: while private schools allowed students to attend in-person classes about four days a week, public schools generally offered only two to three days.

In South Korea the admission competition ratio for private elementary schools has dramatically increased during and post-pandemic. In Seoul, it rose from 2.1 : 1 in 2020 to 6.8 : 1 in 2021, 11.7 : 1 in 2022, and peaked at 12.6 : 1 in 2023, before dropping to 7.8 : 1 in 2024.

3️⃣ College enrollment and completion effects are more mixed.
▪️Overall decreases in 4-year enrollment, but suggestive increases for some subgroups (e.g., female in Education, Black/Hispanic students in IT). (5/5)

2️⃣ Conditional on employment, CTE exposure increases earnings one year after graduation (especially for male students), though these gains fade from age 23 onward.
▪️Early earning benefits are concentrated in skilled-trade and male-dominated clusters. (4/n)

Key Findings:
1️⃣ Expanding access induces 11.5% of prior non-participants to newly enroll.
▪️Student demographics (especially gender) shape career cluster selection (e.g. female in Health/Education; male in Construction/Transportation/Manufacturing). (3/n)

We provide the first known causal evidence on the impact of expanding high-quality Career and Technical Education (CTE) in Massachusetts comprehensive high schools, focusing on heterogeneity by student demographics and program career clusters. (2/n)