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Making 'good' choices: the impact of entitlement models on up-skilling later in life

Understanding the responsiveness of 'older' workers - those aged 25-54 years - to government subsidies for up-skill... Show more
Understanding the responsiveness of 'older' workers - those aged 25-54 years - to government subsidies for up-skilling is important in developing policies that can support people in obtaining skills later in life. The particular focus for this report is the first round of Victorian demand-driven reforms, known as the Victorian Training Guarantee (VTG). The VTG reforms were introduced to create a more responsive training market and were implemented between July 2009 and January 2011. How enrolment and course choice responses differ, especially between employed and unemployed individuals, is a key focus of the report. Reforms introduced in Victoria post-2012 are not part of this analysis.
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Authors: Polidano, Cain; Ven, Justin van de; Voitchovsky, Sarah

Date: 2017

Geographic subjects: Victoria; Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Governance; Policy; Skills and knowledge ... [+] Show more
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The power of self-interest: effects of education and training entitlements in later-life

Education and training among the working-age population has become an increasingly important policy issue as workin... Show more
Education and training among the working-age population has become an increasingly important policy issue as working lives have lengthened and the pace of technological change has quickened. This paper describes the effects of a reform that replaced a supply-driven model, in which government selected the number and providers of publicly subsidised vocational education and training (VET), with a demand-driven approach that broadened access to adult training and gave working-age individuals greater freedom of VET course choice. Difference-in-differences analysis reveals that the large-scale reform, which was introduced in the Australian state of Victoria from 2009, substantively increased participation in VET among the population aged 25-54, and corresponded with an improved match between VET courses taken and objective ex ante measures of labour market demand. Indeed, the scheme was so popular that it resulted in a budget over-run by 2012 of $400 million (AUD, on a total budget of $1.3 billion).
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Authors: Polidano, Cain; Ven, Justin van de; Voitchovsky, Sarah

Date: 2017

Geographic subjects: Victoria; Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: Melbourne Institute working paper

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Adult and community education; Participation ... [+] Show more

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Making 'good' choices: the impact of entitlement models on up-skilling later in life

The power of self-interest: effects of education and training entitlements in later-life