Educational attainment and participation in training

Author: McKenzie, Phillip; Long, David

Corporate author:
Monash University-ACER. Centre for the Economics of Education and Training (CEET)

Abstract:

This paper examines the relationship between prior educational attainment and participation in formal and on-the-job training in Australia. The evidence suggests that the incidence of participation in formal training courses by those with the highest levels of educational attainment was substantially greater than for those with no post-school qualifications. It would seem that the uneven distribution of educational qualifications among employees in Australia is mirrored in the distribution of training activities.

Subjects: Qualifications; Workforce development; Students; Teaching and learning

Keywords: On the job training; Training activities; Educational background; Training

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Published: Clayton, Victoria: Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, 1996

Physical description: 28 p.

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Series:
Working paper; no. 4

Notes:
This paper was given at the conference on Efficiency and Equity in Education Policy, Canberra, 6-7 September 1995.

Resource type: Working paper

Call Number:
TD/VIC 45.15