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Karmel, Tom; Misko, Josie; Blomberg, Davinia; Bednarz, Alice; Atkinson, Georgina – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2014
In recent years, the level of participation and attainment by Indigenous Australians in education and training has improved, yet substantial gaps still exist between Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians. Education has to be a key focus if the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous employment rates is to be closed. This report…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Job Training, Indigenous Populations
Lewis, Phil; Corliss, Michael – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
As Australia's economy recovers from the economic downturn, attention is turning once again to skills shortages. To gain insights into the labour market for tradespeople, this report investigates changes in supply, demand and how adjustment occurred through the varied economic conditions of the past 20 years. It concludes that there was no overall…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Employment, Income
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Newman, Warren – Vestes, 1985
A study of the educational background, extent, and origins of overseas training and academic inbreeding of education faculty in Australian universities found substantial overseas training (primarily in English-speaking countries and varying in origin by degree level) and a moderate proportion of faculty with degrees from their own institutions.…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Employment Practices, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Shah, Chandra; Burke, Gerald – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2005
Migration patterns to and from Australia are becoming complex with migration programmes increasingly targeted towards meeting the needs of the labour market and regional development. This paper provides an analysis of the permanent and temporary movements of people to and from Australia in the last three years and their impact on the skilled…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Occupational Mobility, Migration Patterns