Cain Polidano

Are Broad-Based Vouchers an Effective Way to Support Life-Long Learning? Evidence from an Australian Reform

Cain Polidano, Justin van de Ven, Sarah Voitchovsky

Journal article  |  2021  |  RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Increasing mature-age access to education and training in a way that is responsive to changing labour market needs is a key policy..

The ATO Longitudinal Information Files (ALife): A New Resource for Retirement Policy Research

C Polidano, A Carter, M Chan, A Chigavazira, H To, J Holland, S Nguyen, H Vu, R Wilkins

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Australian Economic Review

The Australian Taxation Office release of annual longitudinally linked individual tax and superannuation records, known as the ATO..

Impacts from Delaying Access to Retirement Benefits on Welfare Receipt and Expenditure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Umut Oguzoglu, Cain Polidano, Vu Ha

Journal article  |  2020  |  Economic Record

Governments are responding to fiscal pressures associated with aging populations by increasing the eligibility age for publicly-fu..

Course Choice and Achievement Effects of a System-Wide Vocational Education and Training Voucher Scheme for Young People

D McVicar, C Polidano

Journal article  |  2018  |  Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Vocational education and training provision for young people is a crucial but often maligned part of the wider education sector. A..

What Happens to Students with Low Reading Proficiency at 15? Evidence from Australia

Cain Polidano, Chris Ryan

Journal article  |  2017  |  ECONOMIC RECORD

While illiterate adults are disadvantaged in the labour market, it is unclear whether low reading proficiency in school diminishes..

Early Academic Outcomes of Funded Children with Disability

J Haisken-DeNew, C Polidano, C Ryan

Report  |  2017

People with disability face considerable difficulty participating fully in work and the wider community, due in part to poor schoo..

The relation between cesarean birth and child cognitive development

Cain Polidano, Anna Zhu, Joel C Bornstein

Journal article  |  2017  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

This is the first detailed study of the relation between cesarean birth and child cognitive development. We measure differences in..

What Happens to Students with Low Reading Proficiency at 15? Evidence from Australia

Cain Polidano, Chris Ryan

Report  |  2017  |  The Economic Record

While is it widely accepted that adults with poor reading skills have inferior labour market outcomes, little is known about wheth..

The Power of Self-Interest: Effects of Education and Training Entitlements in Later-Life

C POLIDANO, J Van de Ven, S Voitchovsky

Report  |  2017

Education and training among the working-age population has become an increasingly important policy issue as working lives have le..

Making ‘good’ choices: the impact of entitlement models on upskilling later in life

J VAN DE VEN, S Voitchovsky, C Polidano

Report  |  2017