Using longitudinal data for research on VET

Longitudinal studies can provide insights on young people's transition from education to work that other forms of data cannot. The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) program which ACER operates with support from DETYA has now accumulated 20 years of data that follow successive cohorts of young Australians as they move through education and training and into the labour market. The data are added to every year. This paper will explore the potential of LSAY data for research on vocational education and training (VET), and also some of the challenges that VET poses for constructing lo ... Show more

Authors: McKenzie, Phillip

Published: Alexandria, New South Wales, AVETRA, 2000

Resource type: Conference paper

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