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Evaluating the effectiveness of a mentoring program for Indigenous trainees in Australia using propensity score analysis

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  • John Mangan
  • Bernard Trendle

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Traineeships have been shown to be successful in generating improved labour market outcomes and are often recommended as a policy option for disadvantaged youth. Regretfully data indicate that one such target group, Indigenous Australians, continues to have lower traineeship completion rates than the non-Indigenous. To address this issue, a program of mentoring for Indigenous students has been implemented in Australia. This paper provides the first quantitative evaluation of this mentoring program by using propensity score matching techniques. Post-matching analysis indicates the program increased the completion rate of Indigenous trainees by approximately 10%.

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  • John Mangan & Bernard Trendle, 2019. "Evaluating the effectiveness of a mentoring program for Indigenous trainees in Australia using propensity score analysis," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(3), pages 308-322, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:edecon:v:27:y:2019:i:3:p:308-322
    DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2019.1583317
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