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The Labour Market Research Unit is a specialist research unit within the Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment providing labour market research services for the department.

The functions of the Unit include:

The working paper series is intended to make research conducted within the Labour Market Research Unit available to a wider audience, and thereby contribute to public discussion of employment and training issues in Queensland. Views expressed in the papers are those of the author(s), and should not be considered as necessarily representing the views of the department or the Queensland Government. Use of any material from these papers should attribute work to the author(s).

Working paper series

Paper title

Author(s)

Publication date

Working paper 58 - Variation in apprenticeship cancellation across regional Queensland John Mangan and Bernard Trendle October 2008
Working paper 57 - The determinants of population and employment growth in small Queensland regions Bernard Trendle September 2008
Working paper 56 - School-based apprenticeship and the attrition of the 15 to 17 year old age cohort from vocational training in Queensland Bernard Trendle August 2008

Working paper 55 - Queensland youth and the transition from education to work

Jerome Bredt and Bernard Trendle

May 2008

Working paper 54 - Skill and labour shortages - definition, cause and implications

Bernard Trendle

April 2008

Working paper 53 - The four E's: education, experience, earnings and externalities

Kerry Carne

April 2008

Working paper 52 - Apprenticeship and factors determining early completion: an exploration of the DELTA administrative database

Richard Row and Bernard Trendle

October 2007

Working paper 51 - The school participation decision of 17 year olds in Queensland: an analysis using wave 1 of the QYALS survey

Jennifer Siu and Bernard Trendle

August 2007

Working paper 50 - Education and economic growth: a literature review

Jerome Bredt and Carlye Sycz

July 2007

Working paper 49 - Determinants of labour demand - the Australian experience

Kerry Carne

June 2007

Working paper 48 - Year 12 schooling and the apprenticeship training contract

Bernard Trendle

May 2007

Working paper 47 - Cancellation of Indigenous persons from the apprenticeship training contract

Bernard Trendle

April 2007

Working paper 46 - The Australian market for vocational education: a theoretical analysis

Kerry Crane

March 2007

Working paper 45 - The labour market and post-compulsory school participation decision of 17 year olds in Queensland and Australia

Jennifer Siu and Bernard Trendle

Feb 2007

Working paper 44 - The labour market and apprenticeship retention in Queensland's traditional trades

Bernard Trendle

Jan 2007

Working paper 43 - Apprenticeship recruitment in the Queensland construction trades - theory and evidence

Bernard Trendle

Jan 2007

Working paper 42 - Occupational outcomes in Australia

Vani K Borooah and John Mangan

May 2006

Working paper 41 - Skill development and economic performance with special reference to vocational and educational training in Queensland

John Mangan

May 2006

Working paper 40 - Unemployment patterns within the metropolitan Brisbane and Logan areas

Bernard Trendle

May 2006

Working paper 39 - Employment effect of TAFE graduation in urban and regional Queensland

Cecil Chan

May 2006

Working paper 38 - Estimating the employment effect of TAFE graduation

Cecil Chan

May 2006

Working paper 37 - Commuting patterns of Sunshine Coast residents and the impact of education

Bernard Trendle and Jennifer Siu

May 2005

Working paper 36 - Evaluating the outcomes of labour market programs (Part B)

Cecil Chan

Mar 2005

Working paper 35 - Investment in training and public policy - a review

Bernard Trendle & Jennifer Siu

Mar 2005

Working paper 34 - Evaluating the outcomes of labour market programs (Part A)

Cecil Chan

Jan 2005

Working paper 33 - Perspectives on skill shortages

Bernard Trendle

Jan 2005

Working paper 32 - Evaluating long-term employment outcomes of module completers in Queensland

Cecil Chan

Dec 2004

Working paper 31 - Sources of regional income inequality - an examination of small regions in Queensland

Bernard Trendle

Dec 2004

Working paper 30 - Evaluating employment outcomes of TAFE graduates in Queensland

Cecil Chan

Dec 2004

Working paper 29 - The role of education in regional income determination - a cross sectional study of small areas in Queensland

Bernard Trendle and Warren Pears

Dec 2004

Working paper 28 - Quantitative social policy evaluation

Cecil Chan

Nov 2004

Working paper 27 - The role of migration in regional labour market adjustment: the case of Queensland during the 1996-2001 intercensal period

Bernard Trendle

Sep 2004

Working paper 26 - Macroeconomic impacts of an ageing population: a literature review

Cecil Chan

Aug 2004

Working paper 25 - Mutual dependence and feedback between youth and adult labour markets in Australia

Cecil Chan and John Mangan

Jul 2004

Working paper 24 - An analysis of success and failure in the Australian labour market using the HILDA dataset

Vani Borooah and John Mangan

Jun 2004

Working paper 23 - Spatial variation in unemployment - a literature review

Bernard Trendle

Apr 2004

Working paper 22 - Regional economic instability: the role of industrial diversification and spatial spillovers

Bernard Trendle

Mar 2004

Working paper 21 - Changes in industrial and spatial concentration in Queensland's regional labour markets, 1986-2001

Bernard Trendle

Sep 2003

Working paper 20 - The effect of industrial diversification on regional economic performance

Bernard Trendle and Gianna Shorney

Jun 2004

Working paper 19 - Duration-sensitive unemployment rates

Sebastian Bielen and Gene Tunny

Aug 2003

Working paper 18 - A profile of public service departures in Queensland

Bernard Trendle & Gene Tunny

Jul 2003

Working paper 17 - The makeup of the Queensland public service in 2001-02: an application of the Maglen classification of occupational employment

Gene Tunny

Jul 2003

Working paper 16 - Stepping stones to permanent employment with particular reference to the Queensland public service

Gene Tunny

Jul 2003

Working paper 15 - Turnover of permanent staff in the Queensland public service

Bernard Trendle & Gene Tunny

Jul 2003

Working paper 14 - Field of study and employment outcomes: an analysis of TAFE graduates

Gene Tunny

Jul 2003

Working paper 13 - Employment growth in the Sunshine Coast local labour market: 1991 to 2001

Gene Tunny and Gianna Shorney

Jun 2003

Working paper 12 - Labour market transitions in Queensland: an application of data from the Queensland household survey

Peter Hagan and John Mangan

Nov 2002

Working paper 11 - Skills for employability: a review of key issues from the literature and implications for VET delivery

Georgie Whitton

Jun 2002

Working paper 10 - The quality of jobs in Queensland and Australia

Emma Powell and Gene Tunny

Jun 2002

Working paper 9 - Demand for VET services in Queensland: projections from 2001 to 2020

Peter Hagan

May 2002

Working paper 8 - The demand for skilled labour in Queensland

Gene Tunny

May 2002

Working paper 7 - Regional variation in Queensland's unemployment rate

Bernard Trendle

May 2002

Working paper 6 - The changing skill composition of employment in Queensland

John Mangan and Bernard Trendle

Apr 2002

Working paper 5 - Family friendly policies and firm performance: review of the relevant literature

Gene Tunny

Dec 2001

Working paper 4 - Regional unemployment: some aspects and policy issues

Paul McGuire

Jul 2001

Working paper 3 - Unemployment in Queensland: the regional dimension

Gene Tunny

Jul 2001

Working paper 2 - Some aspects of human capital investment in Queensland

Andrea Fox, Astrid Loon, Georgie Whitton, Gene Tunny

Apr 2001

Working paper 1 -Youth labour markets, education and employment destination: results from the Queensland survey of youth

Colin Green, Astrid Loon and John Mangan

 Sep 2000

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