Evaluation of the Australian Wage Subsidy Special Youth ...

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para-professional
Father not employed 0.05 0.23 0.05 0.22 0 0.05 0.22 0
Father not present 0.16 0.36 0.18 0.38 0.02 1.13 0.16 0.37 0
Mother manager, professional, 0.10 0.29 0.10 0.30 0 0.06 0.24 0.04 2.14**
para-professional
Mother not employed 0.55 0.50 0.55 0.50 0 0.56 0.50 0.01 0.43
Mother not present 0.05 0.22 0.07 0.25 0.02 1.39 0.05 0.21 0
Longest job ever held by 1984
Never held a job 0.12 0.32 0.10 0.30 0.02 1.22 0.13 0.34 0.01 0.79
< 1 year 0.42 0.49 0.43 0.50 0.01 0.46 0.45 0.50 0.03 1.13
1 year 0.13 0.34 0.19 0.39 0.06 2.99** 0.13 0.34 0
2 years 0.14 0.35 0.11 0.31 0.03 2.21** 0.14 0.34 0
3 years or more 0.19 0.39 0.17 0.38 0.02 0.68 0.15 0.35 0.04 1.98**
Average unemployment 112 0.62 0.41 0.66 0.40 0.04 2.36** 0.61 0.42 0.01 0.29
Ever employed in 1986 113 0.74 0.44 Na Na Na Na 0.60 0.49 0.14 5.18***
Ever government programme 0.11 0.31 Na Na Na Na 0.10 0.31 0.01 0.73
1986 114
Work limited by health 1984 0.10 0.30 0.12 0.32 0.02 1.28 0.13 0.34 0.03 1.67*
Interviewed location in 1984
New South Wales /ACT 0.37 0.48 0.41 0.49 0.04 1.72* 0.41 0.49 0.03 1.22
Victoria 0.24 0.43 0.24 0.43 0 0.23 0.42 0.01 0.28
Queensland 0.14 0.34 0.16 0.37 0.02 1.46 0.12 0.33 0.02 0.88
South Australia /Northern 0.12 0.33 0.09 0.29 0.03 2.29** 0.09 0.28 0.03 2.22**
Territory
Western Australia / Tasmania 0.13 0.33 0.09 0.29 0.04 2.38*** 0.15 0.36 0.02 1.31
Capital city 0.47 0.50 0.54 0.50 0.07 2.78*** 0.50 0.50 0.03 0.82
Other town 0.21 0.41 0.27 0.44 0.06 2.82** 0.24 0.42 0.03 1.06
Country town 0.24 0.43 0.16 0.37 0.08 4.47*** 0.22 0.41 0.02 0.86
Rural area 0.08 0.27 0.04 0.19 0.04 3.97*** 0.05 0.22 0.03 2.16**
Number of observations 1283 681 404
Significance of t test at level 1% ***, 5%**, 10 % *. Student’s t tests of whether means are equal
112 The proportion of 1984 reference period to 3 June spent unemployed.
113 Ever held a non-subsidised, non-government programme job in the 1986 reference period, after the first 17 weeks.
114 Ever go on a government programme, including SYETP, in the 1986 reference period.