Lower-level qualifications as a stepping stone for young people

This article investigates whether lower-level qualifications (certificate I and II qualifications) serve as a 'stepping stone' to further study or into the labour market. Using data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), the research matches certificate I and II graduate...

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Published in:Australian journal of labour economics 2014-01, Vol.17 (1), p.15-33
Main Author: Oliver, Damian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeships
Arbeitsloser Jugendlicher
Arbeitsmarktchance
Australien
Berufsausbildung
Berufschance
Berufseignung
Berufseinmündung
Beschäftigungseffekt
Beschäftigungsfähigkeit
Certificate courses
Control groups
Councils
Economics
Education
Employment
Gender differences
Inequality
Jugendarbeitslosigkeit
Labor market
Labour force
Learning
Longitudinal studies
Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY)
Männlicher Jugendlicher
Niedrig Qualifizierter
Outcomes of education
Pathways
Public policy
Qualifications
Qualifikationsdefizit
Students
Studies
Surveys
Traineeships
Training
Vocational education
Vocational education and training
Weibliche Jugendliche
Well being
Youth
Youth employment
Übergang Ausbildung - Beruf
Übergang Schule - Beruf
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Summary:This article investigates whether lower-level qualifications (certificate I and II qualifications) serve as a 'stepping stone' to further study or into the labour market. Using data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), the research matches certificate I and II graduates to other young people who share similar characteristics but who have neither completed, nor are undertaking, study or training at a higher level. Two years after completing a certificate I or II qualification, young males are more likely to have undertaken an apprenticeship or traineeship, when compared with other individuals with similar background characteristics. After two years, young female certificate I and II graduates are more likely to be employed and to have undertaken an apprenticeship or traineeship when compared with other similar females. At age 26, the benefits of completing a certificate I or II qualification are still apparent for males but at the same age, females in the control group have caught up to their counterparts who are certificate I and II graduates. [Author abstract]
ISSN:1328-1143