The ‘Gap Year’ in Australia: Incidence, Participant Characteristics and Outcomes

David D. Curtis

Australian Economic Review, 2014, vol. 47, issue 1, 107-114

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I report on the incidence of gap-taking—a year between secondary school and university—and find it has increased from about 10 per cent to almost 25 per cent of recent school-leaver university entrants. Gap-takers have lower school achievement scores than direct entrants. Non-metropolitan students are much more likely to take a gap year. I investigate evidence that gap-takers work in order to access the Youth Allowance benefit. Finally, I compare the course and career progression of gap-takers and non-gappers.

Date: 2014
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