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Glossary
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ALMP Active Labour Market Program; see also Manpower Program.
ALS Australian Longitudinal Survey 1984-1988
Award wage The Award wage in Australia is agreed in Federal negotiations with
unions, and varies by occupation and age.
CEP Community Employment Program, an Australian job creation program
where public projects were sponsored based on their employment
creating capacity.
CES Commonwealth Employment Services, the Australian public
employment service.
DEET Department of Employment, Education and Training Commonwealth
Government of Australia, Canberra see also DEIR, DEETYA, DEYA
DEETYA Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Commonwealth Government of Australia, Canberra see also DEIR,
DEET, DEYA
DEIR Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, Commonwealth
Government of Australia, Canberra see also DEET, DEETYA, DEYA
DEYA Department of Employment and Youth Affairs, Commonwealth
Government of Australia, Canberra; see also DEIR, DEET, DEETYA
EPUY Education Programme for Unemployed Youth; an Australian training
program part of NEAT; courses aimed to improve basic literacy,
numeracy and social skills.
Manpower A labour market program consisting of training or subsidies to assist
program movement into work.
NEAT National Employment and Training System, Australia. An active labour
market program of training and wage subsidies – see for example
SYETP, EPUY.
NWO New Work Opportunities provided direct job creation in projects where
placements had work with some training typically in environmental, age
care and community sectors. Existed at the same time as Jobstart.
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris.
PSM propensity score matching
SYETP Special Youth Employment and Training Program, an Australian
employment or wage subsidy program; part of NEAT;