Evaluation of the Australian Wage Subsidy Special Youth ...

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CEP referrals 1984 0.143* 0.128
(2.02) (1.78) 145
Proportion of time Pre-June 1984 spent in 0.487** 0.335*
unemployment
(2.94) (2.40)
Work limited by health -0.633* -0.673**
(-2.53) (-2.90)
Other city before aged 14 -0.243 -0.395*
(-1.48) (-2.34)
Country town before aged 14 -0.473** -0.521**
(-2.97) (-3.28)
Rural area before aged 14 -0.446 -0.412
(-1.69) (-1.59)
Overseas before aged 14 -0.757 -0.607
(-1.48) (-1.26)
Number of siblings -0.011 -0.010
(-0.70) (-0.89)
English good -0.186 -0.162
(-0.73) (-0.61)
English poor -0.592 -0.677
(-1.13) (-1.09)
Sexist 0.318 0.373
(1.23) (1.22)
Sexist*female -0.903 -0.892
(-1.39) (-1.57)
Father not present when resp 14 -0.309 -0.241
(-1.12) (-0.82)
Father Labourer -0.263 -0.084
(-0.85) (-0.27)
Father Plant operative -0.267 -0.141
(-0.96) (-0.51)
Father Sales -0.086 -0.217
(-0.26) (-0.62)
Father Tradesperson -0.300 -0.280
Father Manager/professional/paraprofessional
(-1.10) (-1.05)
-0.153 -0.182
(-0.59) (-0.70)
Father Not employed -0.456 -0.435
(-1.29) (-1.33)
Father holds post-school qualification
when resp 14
-0.315* -0.229
(-2.14) (-1.60)
Mother not present when resp 14 0.480 0.368
(1.49) (1.22)
Mother Labourer 0.177 -0.034
(0.57) (-0.11)
Mother Plant operative 0.697* 0.575*
(2.26) (1.81)
Mother Sales 0.190 0.216
(0.66) (0.77)
Mother Tradesperson 0.120 0.197
(0.29) (0.46)
Mother manager/ prof /para-professional -0.246 -0.320
(-0.84) (-1.11)
Mother Not employed 0.041 -0.124
(0.18) (-0.59)
Mother post-school qualification when 0.266 0.218
145 A t-test probability of 0.076, so this is statistically significant for a test set at the 10 per cent level of
significance.