Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) for young people in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 2 Overall mean effect size and heterogeneity statistics

	Hedges’ g	95% CI	k	Q	I²	tau²
Overall paid employment	0.134	0.024, 0.243	8	23.8*	70.6%	0.0153
Formal employment	0.199	0.055, 0.344	5	11.1*	63.9%	0.0131
Earnings	0.127	0.043, 0.21	9	25.5*	68.6%	0.00815
Self-employment earnings	-0.025	-0.11, 0.061	2	0.206	0%	0
Weekly hours worked	0.043	-0.017, 0.104	6	1.8	0%	0