Leaving school in Australia: early career and labour market outcomes

McMillan, Julie

Leaving school in Australia: early career and labour market outcomes

This briefing describes the post-school education, training and labour market activities of young people in Australia between 1996 to 2000 and identifies factors that affect their chances of getting full-time employment or not becoming unemployed. It is based on the findings of two LSAY research reports: ‘School leavers in Australia: profiles and pathways’ and ‘Dynamics of the Australian youth labour market: the 1975 cohort, 1996-2000. Highlights include: the early career and labour markets of Australian youth are largely positive; less than 10 per cent of young people remain outside full-time ... Show more

Authors: McMillan, Julie; Rothman, Sheldon

Published: Camberwell, Victoria, Australian Council for Educational Research, 2005

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 6 p.

Access item: http://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/1902.html

Related items: TD/TNC 74.66; TD/TNC 75.369

Series: LSAY briefing paper; no. 9

Statement of responsibility: [prepared by Julie McMillan and Sheldon Rothman]

Notes: ‘LSAY briefing’, produced by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), is a series which aims to provide summaries of findings from ACER research and to identify some of the implications for policy and further research. It is based on data from ACER’s Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) project and key LSAY reports.

Document number: TD/TNC 83.221

Subjects: Youth Labour market Employment Higher education

Keywords: Transition from education and training to employment Further education

Geographic subjects: Oceania Australia

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