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