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National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
This summary highlights the key findings from the report "A preliminary analysis of the outcomes of students assisted by VET FEE-HELP". VET FEE-HELP is an income-contingent loan scheme that assists eligible students undertaking certain vocational education training (VET) courses with an approved provider by paying for all or part of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Income Contingent Loans, Outcomes of Education
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DesJardins, Stephen L.; Ahlburg, Dennis A.; McCall, Brian P. – Economics of Education Review, 2006
We present a multiple spells-competing risks model of stopout, dropout, reenrollment, and graduation behavior. We find that students who experience an initial stopout are more likely to experience subsequent stopouts (occurrence dependence) and are less likely to graduate. We also find evidence of the impact of the length of an initial spell on…
Descriptors: Stopouts, Student Behavior, Race, Individual Differences
Loprest, Pamela; Maag, Elaine – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2003
The early onset of disability (at birth through young adulthood) can affect a person's employment outcomes in myriad ways. In addition to the direct effect of disability on employment, early onset of disability likely affects the acquisition of education and job skills (human capital). This reduced "investment" in human capital in turn may reduce…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Disabilities, Probability, Job Skills