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Cancellation of indigenous Australians from the apprenticeship training contract

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  • John Mangan
  • Bernard Trendle

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The vocational education and training (VET) sector is a major pathway to post-school education for indigenous students, yet questions are being raised about the capacity of the VET system to provide successful outcomes for the indigenous apprentices and trainees it attracts. Within a system plagued by high cancellation rates in general, indigenous apprentices appear to do particularly badly. This paper combines data from an administrative database on apprenticeship with income data from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing to provide an analysis of attrition rates for apprenticeship training contracts in Queensland, asking: Are cancellation rates for indigenous students significantly higher than those for non-indigenous students, and, if so, what factors are responsible for this?

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  • John Mangan & Bernard Trendle, 2010. "Cancellation of indigenous Australians from the apprenticeship training contract," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(4), pages 377-394.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:edecon:v:18:y:2010:i:4:p:377-394
    DOI: 10.1080/09645290903546587
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    1. John Mangan & Bernard Trendle, 2017. "Attrition and retention of apprentices: an exploration of event history data using a multi-state modelling framework," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(4), pages 406-417, July.
    2. Diaeldin Osman & Conor O’Leary & Mark Brimble & Dave Thompson, 2019. "Factor That Impact Attrition And Retention Rates Among Accountancy Diploma Students: Evidence From Saudi Arabia," Business Education and Accreditation, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 11(1), pages 89-110.

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