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A 'causal' estimate of the effect of schooling on full-time employment among young Australians

By
Chris Ryan, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Type
Research report
Published
1 August 2003
ISBN
ISBN 0 86431 721 2  ·  ISSN 1440-3455

Description

This report exploits a policy change that occurred in South Australia in the mid-1980s to generate a causal estimate of the effect of schooling on full-time employment outcomes. The results of this study provide evidence that the process of schooling itself has an effect on labour market outcomes and that education reform may have complex outcomes, all of which need to be identified and analysed. Research report no. 35 This report, published by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), is part of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research program.