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Joanne Waugh; Cameron Forrest; Kate Dowling – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2024
Apprenticeships remain an important source of skilled workers in Australia; however, commencements have not kept pace with the skills demand projected in the previous decade. During that same decade, undergraduate university enrolments grew considerably. In investigating whether young people who would previously have chosen an apprenticeship have…
Descriptors: Universities, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics
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Chesters, Jenny – Journal of Education Policy, 2019
Opportunities for social mobility are generated by education systems designed to alleviate the effects of social origin by providing equality of opportunities and resources. The persistence of the strong association between socioeconomic status (SES) and child's educational achievement and attainment suggests that social origin continues to play…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Surveys, Socioeconomic Status
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Marks, Gary N. – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of university and vocational education, and other influences on a variety of labour market outcomes for Australian youths aged between 16 and 25. The six labour market outcomes investigated are: occupational status, hourly and weekly earnings, employment, unemployment and full-time work. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Universities, Vocational Education