VET in context
Individual returns to vocational education and training qualifications: Their implications for lifelong learning
- Item:
- 766
- Title:
- Individual returns to vocational education and training qualifications: Their implications for lifelong learning
- Authors:
- Chris Ryan
- Publication date:
- 15 March 2002
- Type:
- Research report
- Themes:
- Students and individuals > Student achievements and outcomes > Course and qualification completions
- Students and individuals > Student achievements and outcomes > Other outcomes
- VET in context > Lifelong learning > General
- ISBN:
- 1 74096 040 8
The financial benefits of gaining a VET qualification are calculated and assessed in this report. Using data from a representative sample of Australian employees, author Chris Ryan compares the wages and after-tax returns for individuals with different qualifications and with different levels of experience and labour market participation.
