Based on the index system of vocational education level and common prosperity in China, this paper calculates the index of vocational education level and common prosperity in China from 2011 to 2021 by entropy weight method, and tests the relationship between vocational and technical education, labor income share and common prosperity. The results show that the improvement of vocational education level will not directly promote common prosperity, vocational education level helps to improve the income share of workers, and has a significant positive effect on common prosperity under the interaction of vocational education and labor income share, and labor income share is an important mechanism, thus inhibiting the negative impact of vocational and technical education on common prosperity. In addition, the influence of vocational education on common prosperity shows significant regional differences, and the level of economic growth, urbanization and entrepreneurial activity are also important factors affecting regional common prosperity.

Duan Jiexin, Wang Yunxia. Vocational Education, Labor Income Share and Common Prosperity. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 19: 6-20. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2023.051902.

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