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

John Mangan and Bernard Trendle

Education Economics, 2019, vol. 27, issue 3, 308-322

Abstract: 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%.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2019.1583317

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