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Lower-level qualifications as a stepping stone for young people

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  • Damian Oliver

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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.

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  • Damian Oliver, 2014. "Lower-level qualifications as a stepping stone for young people," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 17(1), pages 15-33.
    • Handle: RePEc:ozl:journl:v:17:y:2014:i:1:p:15-33
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    1. Culley, M & Curtain, R ., 2001. "New apprenticeships: An unheralded Labour Market Program," Australian Bulletin of Labour, National Institute of Labour Studies, vol. 27(3), pages 204-215.
    2. Andrew Leigh, 2008. "Returns To Education In Australia," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 27(3), pages 233-249, September.
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    1. Somayeh Parvazian & Ronnie Semo, 2018. "The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth: 20 Years and Beyond," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 51(3), pages 426-440, September.

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    Keywords

    Education and inequality; Education: Government policy; Personnel economics – Training;
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    JEL classification:

    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • M53 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Training

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