The following reports, research and analyses are relevant to the work of Youth Futures Canterbury and to all of those working in the areas of education and youth transitions in Canterbury.

Further useful readings on the Education Counts website:

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• What do students earn after their education?
• How does New Zealand’s education system compare? OECD’s Education at a Glance 2010
• Social and economic indicators of education
• How can tertiary education deliver better value to the economy?
• Schools out – What’s next?
• What do men and women earn after their tertiary education?
• Labour Market Returns to Further Education for Working Adults
  http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/tertiary_education/labour-market-returns-to-further-education-for-working-adults
• Literacy skills of young adult New Zealanders
  http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/tertiary_education/literacy-skills-of-young-adult-new-zealanders
• Doing a bachelors degree
  http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/tertiary_education/doing-a-bachelors-degree
•  Are particular school subjects associated with better performance at university?
  http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/tertiary_education/79296/summary
• Academic performance of first-year bachelors students at university
  http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/tertiary_education/academic-performance-of-first-year-bachelors-students-at-university/summary
• Benefits of tertiary certificates and diplomas – exploring economic and social outcomes
  http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/tertiary_education/benefits-of-tertiary-certificates-and-diplomas-exploring-economic-and-social-outcomes/1.-summary
• School leavers’ progression to bachelors-level study
  http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/tertiary_education/school-leavers-progression-to-bachelors-level-study/summary

Relevant studies from other sources:

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• More ladders, fewer snakes – a New Zealand Institute study of education/work transitions
  http://www.nzinstitute.org/index.php/social/paper/more_ladders_fewer_snakes_two_proposals_to_reduce_youth_disadvantage/
• Two Department of Labour studies of how employers and employment has been affected by the earthquakes
  http://www.dol.govt.nz/publications/research/employment-opportunities-canterbury/02.asphttp://www.dol.govt.nz/publications/research/earthquakes-impact-in-christchurch-workplaces/index.asp

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