Research reports examine policy-relevant issues and comprise original analysis using the LSAY data sets and other extant data where relevant. Topics explored cover school, post-school study and transitions, work and equity groups.
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1 February 2003Student workers in high school and beyond: The effects of part-time employment on participation in education, training and work1 February 2003This report analyses the effects of part-time work on participation and attrition in secondary school and in tertiary study. It also takes a look at the post-school activities of young people. The…https://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/search-for-lsay-publications/1860
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1 September 1998Youth earnings in Australia 1980-1994: A comparison of three youth cohorts1 September 1998This report looks at hourly earnings among Australian young people using three of the Youth in Transition cohorts from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) project. Influences on…https://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/search-for-lsay-publications/1883
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1 November 2005Young people outside the labour force and full-time education: Activities and profiles1 November 2005This report focuses on young people who are not in full-time study, nor in the labour force. It investigates two groups of young people who had experienced time outside of work and full-time…https://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/search-for-lsay-publications/1841
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1 March 1997Reading comprehension and numeracy among junior secondary school students within Australia1 March 1997This report looks at the performance and skill levels on tests of reading comprehension and numeracy of Australian students in junior secondary school between the years 1975 and 1995. In each of the…https://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/search-for-lsay-publications/1888
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1 September 1999Participation in education and training 1980-19941 September 1999This study looks at issues concerning participation by young people in education and training in Australia. It reports on the patterns and processes of educational participation for four national…https://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/search-for-lsay-publications/1878
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17 September 2012Assessing the impact of research: a case study of the LSAY Research Innovation and Expansion Fund17 September 2012An increasing and important requirement of any funded research program is the ability to demonstrate that it is relevant and useful to public policy and to practitioners. This study takes the…https://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/search-for-lsay-publications/2513
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1 January 2002Firm-based training for young Australians: Changes from the 1980s to the 1990s1 January 2002This study takes a look at the changes in the extent, pattern and outcomes of participation in firm-based education and training of young Australians during the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. During…https://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/search-for-lsay-publications/1868
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10 November 2022Treading water: effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth transitions10 November 2022This research examined the lived experiences of young people aged about 20 in 2020, during the second wave of COVID-19 infections in Australia.https://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/search-for-lsay-publications/treading-water-effects-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-youth-transitions
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1 September 2005Life satisfaction of young Australians: Relationships between further education, training and employment and general career satisfaction1 September 2005This report aims to describe and assess the relationship between life satisfaction and participation in further education, training and employment in young Australians. The overall discovery was that …https://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/search-for-lsay-publications/1845
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1 November 2003The job finding methods of young people in Australia: An analysis of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth: Year 9 (1995) sample1 November 2003The transition from school to work continues to be difficult for some Australian school-leavers and youth unemployment remains high. This report looks at the methods used by Australian school-leavers …https://www.lsay.edu.au/publications/search-for-lsay-publications/1852