Table of contents

  • Summary
    • What we know
    • What we don’t know
  • Introduction
    • Demographics
    • Participation and outcomes from post-compulsory schooling
    • Importance of attendance and literacy and numeracy
    • Programs to address educational issues for school students
  • Vocational education and training
    • Apprenticeships and traineeships
    • Programs implemented to address VET issues
  • Higher education
    • Economic participation: employment outcomes
    • Regional differences
    • Finding work in strong and weak economies
    • Implementing effective community engagement processes
    • Creating opportunities in the visual arts
    • Migrating to other labour markets
    • Occupational differences
  • Importance of educational attainment in closing the employment disparity gap
  • Multiple barriers to economic participation
    • Poorer health
    • Prior involvement with the criminal justice system
    • Inadequate housing and accommodation
    • Limited access to employment networks
    • Racial discrimination and negative employer perceptions
    • Outcomes from key employment and labour market programs
  • Lessons from overseas
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Methodology for decomposition
  • Appendix B: Selected programs aimed at young people and their parents by participation or progress to date
  • Appendix C: Selected programs aimed at VET and higher education by participation or progress to date
  • Appendix D: Selected programs aimed at improving employment outcomes by participation or progress
  • to date
  • Appendix E: Additional relevant material in the Clearinghouse
  • References