An Empirical Study on the Economic Motivation of Secondary Vocational School Students' Further Education and Employment from the Perspective of Labor Market Signal

The purpose of this study is to explore the influencing factors of secondary vocational school students' desire for further studies. The data of 500 students in a secondary vocational school in [a specific area] were collected by questionnaire, and the empirical analysis was made by descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regression analysis and robustness test. The results show that the distribution of samples is reasonable in gender, major and grade, and the overall students are more inclined to go to school. The willingness to go to school is negatively correlated with the willingness to work, the family economic status and expected income are positively correlated with the willingness to go to school, and the education cost is negatively correlated with the willingness to go to school. Regression analysis shows that family economic status and expected income positively promote the willingness to enter a higher school, education cost inhibits it, academic performance positively affects the willingness to enter a higher school, and gender and major have no significant influence, which supports the research hypothesis. Robustness test shows that the results are reliable. Based on the research conclusion, this paper puts forward some suggestions for students with financial difficulties, schools and educational institutions, and policy makers. At the same time, it points out that the research has geographical limitations and insufficient consideration of factors, and looks forward to expanding the sample range in the future and exploring other influencing factors in depth.