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8 July 2014
By Patrick Lim, Tom Karmel

Assessing annual training participation targets requires accurate information but when the tool for … Show more

Assessing annual training participation targets requires accurate information but when the tool for measuring participation rates includes information that is updated every five years, how accurate are the estimations in the intervening years? Show less
2 April 2014
By Sinan Gemici, Alice Bednarz, Tom Karmel, Patrick Lim

Parental influence plays a significant role in their children's educational aspirations.

Parental influence plays a significant role in their children's educational aspirations. Show less
22 May 2014
By Tom Karmel, David Roberts, Patrick Lim

Apprentices aren't what they used to be, or are they?

Apprentices aren't what they used to be, or are they? Show less
12 March 2014
By Tom Karmel

Increasing education levels are contributing to improved productivity.

Increasing education levels are contributing to improved productivity. Show less
2 October 2013
By Tom Karmel, Tham Lu, Damian Oliver

The purpose of this research is to examine whether, for those who have left full-time education, a… Show more

The purpose of this research is to examine whether, for those who have left full-time education, a low-skill job provides them with a good start to their working lives. It was found that starting out in a low-skill job gives lower payoffs than starting out in a high-skill job. Five years after leaving full-time education, the wage penalty (after conditioning on education and other Show less
20 August 2013
By Patrick Lim, Sinan Gemici, Tom Karmel

The authors of this paper explore whether low socioeconomic status (SES) students benefit to a… Show more

The authors of this paper explore whether low socioeconomic status (SES) students benefit to a greater or lesser extent from attending high-quality schools when compared with their more advantaged peers. Show less
8 July 2013
By Tom Karmel, Peter Fieger, Davinia Blomberg, Phil Loveder

This discussion paper was part of an event jointly funded by the Australian Council for Educational … Show more

This discussion paper was part of an event jointly funded by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency (AWPA) and ��ϲʿ��¼ entitled the National Summit on Data for Quality Improvement in VET held at the Park Royal Hotel, Melbourne Airport, on 9 April 2013. This paper sets out ��ϲʿ��¼’s thinking on registered training organisation performance Show less
18 June 2013
By Patrick Lim, Tom Karmel

This paper was written to encourage policy-makers to think about how to measure socioeconomic… Show more

This paper was written to encourage policy-makers to think about how to measure socioeconomic status (SES). It also provides some data on socioeconomic status and tertiary education participation and speculates about the likely impact of an expansion in higher education on those from a low socioeconomic background. Show less
5 June 2013
By Tom Karmel

This research overview summarises Chris Ryan's report 'Student income support and education and… Show more

This research overview summarises Chris Ryan's report 'Student income support and education and training participation in Australia'. The research covers the effects of Youth Allowance using data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) and employs a number of sophisticated econometric techniques. Show less
30 April 2013
By Tom Karmel

This overview opened the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research forum entitled… Show more

This overview opened the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research forum entitled Are We There Yet? Youth Transitions in Australia, held at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, on 11 April 2013. Show less
24 April 2013
By Tom Karmel

In this interview, Steve Davis talks with co-author Tom Karmel about this report which uses data… Show more

In this interview, Steve Davis talks with co-author Tom Karmel about this report which uses data from the 2006 cohort of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) to investigate how schools influence tertiary entrance rank and university enrolment over and above young people's individual background characteristics. Show less
16 April 2013
By Tom Karmel

The range of data collected by ��ϲʿ��¼ for the national vocational education and training (VET)… Show more

The range of data collected by ��ϲʿ��¼ for the national vocational education and training (VET) system and how it is disseminated is discussed in this conference paper. Show less
4 April 2013
By Sinan Gemici, Patrick Lim, Tom Karmel

This report uses Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) data to look at the impact of… Show more

This report uses Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) data to look at the impact of schools on a student’s tertiary entrance rank (TER) and the probability of them going to university (controlling for TER). Show less
16 October 2012
By Tom Karmel, Tham Lu

The distinction between VET and higher education in Australia is blurring. The purpose of… Show more

The distinction between VET and higher education in Australia is blurring. The purpose of this paper is to examine – through the conduct of a case study of engineering qualifications (AQF6) delivered in Victoria – how education and training providers and students are likely to respond to different fees and funding arrangements under the student entitlement model. Show less
10 October 2012
By Tom Karmel, Peter Fieger

Using data from the 2009 Student Outcomes Survey, this report looks at the pay-offs of completing… Show more

Using data from the 2009 Student Outcomes Survey, this report looks at the pay-offs of completing of a vocational education and training (VET) qualification on a range of outcomes, and identifies the groups for whom completion is particularly important. Show less
29 August 2012
By Tom Karmel

This conference paper was presented to the Third International Congress on Technical and Vocational … Show more

This conference paper was presented to the Third International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 13–16 May 2012, in Shanghai. It argues that there are two key factors behind Australia's good record of employment for young people: high levels of post-school education with the consequence that there is not a large cohort of people in their mid-to-late teens flooding on Show less
17 July 2012
By Tom Karmel, David Roberts

This paper aims to explain the extent to which variation in apprenticeship completion rates can be… Show more

This paper aims to explain the extent to which variation in apprenticeship completion rates can be attributed to factors relating to 'culture' of the employer and apprentice. Show less
21 May 2012
By Tom Karmel

This paper was a keynote address at the AVETRA conference held in Canberra in April 2012. Karmel… Show more

This paper was a keynote address at the AVETRA conference held in Canberra in April 2012. Karmel notes that industry is arguably the key stakeholder in the Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector and discusses six areas of research which raise questions about VET and industry, either in terms of how public training funds are allocated or the educational principles on which VET Show less
18 November 2011
By Tom Karmel

In this 9 minute interview, Steve Davis talks with Tom Karmel about the report 'Attrition in the… Show more

In this 9 minute interview, Steve Davis talks with Tom Karmel about the report 'Attrition in the trades'. This report investigates attrition in the trades by comparing the rate at which tradespeople leave their occupation with that of professionals. It also determines whether attrition is influenced by economic conditions, and if a trade can provide a good start to a career in the professions. Show less
7 November 2011
By Tom Karmel, Patrick Lim, Josie Misko

This report investigates attrition in the trades by comparing the rate at which tradespeople leave… Show more

This report investigates attrition in the trades by comparing the rate at which tradespeople leave their occupation with that of professionals. It also determines whether attrition is influenced by economic conditions, and if a trade can provide a good start to a career in the professions. The report concludes that attrition in the trades is no higher than in the professions; the rate of Show less

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