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Estimating complementarity between education and training

Belzil, Christian (contributor); Hansen, Jörgen (contributor) - 2008

In this paper, we formulate and estimate a structural model of post-schooling training that explicitly allows for possible complementarity between initial schooling levels and returns to training. Precisely, the wage outcome equation depends on accumulated schooling and on the incidence of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784398

Making it real : the benefits of workplace learning in upper-secondary VET courses

Polidano, Cain; Tabasso, Domenico - 2013

In OECD countries, "real world" upper-secondary vocational education and training (VET) programs are used to engage less academically oriented youth in learning, while helping to prepare them for post-school work and/or further training. In general terms, VET programs with high employer...

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Returns to education in Australia 2001-2022

Leigh, Andrew - 2024

What are the economic returns to education in Australia? Using data from the 2018-2022 waves of the Household, Income … and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, and taking account of existing estimates of ability bias and social returns to …

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Overskilling dynamics and education pathways

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Séamus; Fok, Yin King - 2009

This paper uses panel data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and the dynamic properties of overskilling among employed individuals. The paper begins by asking whether there is extensive overskilling in the labour market, and whether overskilling differs by education pathway. The...

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Investment in human capital during incarceration and employment prospects of prisoners

Giles, Margaret J.; Le, Anh Tram - 2009

2003 Survey of Prisoners in Western Australia, the decision of prisoners to invest in education/training during their …

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The wage premium of foreign education : new evidence from Australia

Chan, Gavin; Heaton, Christopher; Tani, Massimiliano - 2012

the Longitudinal Surveys of Immigrants in Australia, we apply interval regression to model migrant hourly earnings. We … find substantially higher returns from human capital obtained in Australia and other OECD countries compared with non … immigrants from non-OECD countries are the ones who can gain the most from obtaining further education in Australia, and that …

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Improving the employment rates of people with disabilities through vocational education

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Polidano, Cain - 2011

panel econometric estimation with longitudinal data from Australia to show that vocational education has a considerable and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009233118

Fully integrating upper-secondary vocational and academic courses : a flexible new way?

Polidano, Cain; Tabasso, Domenico - 2016

tackle this problem, Australia blurred the lines between the two tracks by introducing VET courses that count to both a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450867

Labour mobility with vocational skill: Australian demand and pacific supply

Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2021

How many immigrants with less than university education, for a given immigration quota, maximise economic output? The answer is zero in the canonical model of the labour market, where the marginal product of a university-educated immigrant is always higher. We build an alternative model in which...

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Emissions from military training : evidence from Australia

Lee, Wang-Sheng; Tran, Trang My - 2024

conducted in Australia, we assess the impact of four international exercises held within a dedicated military training area on …

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