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White, Ian – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has created uncertain economic conditions due to restrictions put in place to control the spread of the virus. These restrictions have significantly impacted the economic activities of businesses and industries, and in turn the demand for labour. As the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia continues, it is…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries
Anlezark, Alison – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Following the collapse of the US investment bank Lehmann Brothers in September 2008, the world economy began a downward spiral, with many countries falling into recession. Australia experienced significant stock market losses and unemployment rates began to climb. This briefing paper considers how young people fared in previous downturns and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Climate, Labor Market, Young Adults
Anlezark, Alison; Lim, Patrick – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
In this report the authors seek to answer the question of whether combining school and work is detrimental or beneficial to a student's school educational performance and labour market outcomes. They find that young people who combine school and work are distributed right across the school population. Results show that individuals can combine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Employment, Part Time Employment, Secondary School Students
Shah, Chandra – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2009
In the year to February 2002, one in every five of the 9.8 million people who worked in Australia experienced at least one job separation. This paper looks at the determinants of job separation within a stayer/mover framework using individual-level data for Australia. Conditional on job separation the paper also investigates the determinants of…
Descriptors: Labor Turnover, Occupational Mobility, Unemployment, Gender Differences
Nechvoglod, Lisa; Mlotkowski, Peter; Guthrie, Hugh – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
The purpose of this report is to provide national data on the technical and further education (TAFE) workforce in 2008 and, where possible, compare this with 2002 data collected for the report "Profiling the national vocational education and training workforce" (NCVER 2004). Currently, there is no regular consistent national collection…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Labor Force
VandenHeuvel, Adriana; Wooden, Mark – 1999
This study described current and past levels of casual employment (CE) and outsourcing in the Australian work force and identified how they are related to training. Data sources included two rounds of the Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) surveys of training and education experience. ABS…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Contracts, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries
Robinson, Lyn – 1999
A study examined character and consequences of student part-time work using data from the 1975 birth cohort of the Youth in Transition project of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth program. Findings indicated that most students worked because they liked the independence their job gave, enjoyed the work, and believed the experience would…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
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Karmel, Tom – 1996
Data from Australia's Department of Employment, Education and Training were analyzed to determine the relationship between the costs and returns of secondary education in Australia. The analysis focused on changes in the following: the earnings premium from having a level of educational attainment equivalent to completing at least secondary…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Demand
Fullarton, Sue – 1999
A study examined student participation in work experience and workplace learning programs using 1996 and 1997 data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth on a cohort first sampled in 1995 when students were in year 9. Findings related to work experience programs revealed few differences between students who took part in work experience…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Job Placement, Longitudinal Studies
Sweet, Richard; And Others – 1986
This publication is intended to take raw data on the labor market and educational and demographic trends in Australia and convert them to useful information for those who work in the areas of education and employment. It contains over 130 tables of data on education and labor market trends throughout Australia; a case study of participation in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Demography, Educational Trends
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
Across OECD countries, governments are seeking policies to make education more effective while searching for additional resources to meet the increasing demand for education. The 2009 edition of "Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries' performance. It provides a rich,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Salaries, Expenditure per Student, Part Time Employment
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's retailing sector is the largest single industry of employment, with more than 1.2 million workers. It is characterized by high levels of part-time and casual employment; a young work force, including many young people still in full-time education; and employment widely distributed geographically. Over the past 10 years, employment has…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Distributive Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Vickers, Margaret; Lamb, Stephen; Hinkley, John – 2003
Data on the Y95 cohort (first interviewed in 1995 when in Year 9) of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth were analyzed to identify the effects of student employment on participation and attrition in secondary school and tertiary study and on young people's activities after secondary school. Working between 1 and 5 hours during Year 9 of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Apprenticeships, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Ainley, John; Fleming, Marianne – 1997
The extent and nature of Australia's school-industry programs in 1996 were examined through a survey of 1,868 government and nongovernment schools and programs. It was conducted using a questionnaire similar to that which had been used in 1995. According to the 1,453 completed questionnaires (response rate 78%) by 11th and 12th grade students, 62%…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Career Education, Coordination
Lamb, Stephen; McKenzie, Phillip – 2001
Patterns of success and failure in the transition from school to work in Australia in the 1980s-1990s were examined by analyzing data from the Australian Youth Survey. Of those studied, 20% found full-time jobs upon leaving school and remained in full-time employment for the next 7 years, 13% obtained apprenticeships or traineeships leading to…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Definitions, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment