Work in Progress
The role of education in labour market outcomes of people with disabilities
Summary
- Item:
- 10421
- Title:
- The role of education in labour market outcomes of people with disabilities
- Type:
- Managed research project
- Project no:
- NR07507
- Status:
- Finished
- Date commenced:
- 14 May 2009
- Contact:
- Michelle Circelli
- phone: 08 8230 8646
- email: michelle.circelli@ncver.edu.au
- Principal researcher:
- Cain Polidano
- University of Melbourne
- Related program:
- VET participation and labour market outcomes
Purpose
This project will investigate the role of VET regarding the labour market outcomes of people with disabilities. The project will use data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2003 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC03) as well as from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. Data from the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Youth (LSAY) may also be used.
Approach
Quantitative
Research questions
The research questions to be addressed by this project are:
- What are the employment restrictions that people with disabilities face in the labour market? Do people with disabilities who have completed a VET qualification experience similar employment restrictions?
- For people with disabilities, does completion of VET qualifications depend on any socio-economic or unobserved factors (i.e. motivation)?
- How do people with disabilities with VET qualifications differ from people with disabilities with no post-school qualifications in terms of severity, type and age of onset of their disability?
- After controlling for socio-economic characteristics and unobserved personal factors (i.e. motivation and preferences), does completion of VET qualifications have a statistically significant impact on the probability of employment for people with disabilities?
- Does the impact of VET qualifications (on probability of employment) have the same magnitude across different types and severity of health conditions?
- Does participation completion of VET play a significant role in the degree of labour force attachment of people with disabilities?
Methodology
This project will utilise data from the ABS 2003 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC03); HILDA and possibly LSAY. Both descriptive and multivariate statistical methods will be used to analyse the data.
Organisations
Located within the Faculty of Economics and Commerce at The University of Melbourne, The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research is a leading research organisation specialising in applied economic and social research with an international reputation for producing high quality research related to Australian policy issues. Its mission is to undertake world-class independent and impartial applied economic and social research and policy analysis on major issues relevant to Australia; provide highly valued products and services for business, government and community groups; and provide research training for emerging economic and social researchers.
