Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Economics of education and training, labour market analysis, forecasting, statistical modelling
Biography
Chandra has extensive experience in labour market and economics of education research. He has completed many research projects for governments, both state and Commonwealth, and other public and private organisations. The projects cover a broad range of topics:
- forecasting the supply and demand for labour
- projections of replacement demand
- employer-supported training
- future demand for teachers and nurses
- skill shortages
- rates of return to qualifications
- migration
- geographical dimensions of social inclusion
- analysis of course completions in vocational and higher education.
Chandra is currently working on a project on teachers teaching out of field in Australia. The project is part of a ARC-Linkage grant awarded to Professor Paul Richardson (Monash University), Professor Helen Watt (University of Sydney) and Dr Suzanne Rice (University of Melbourne), and industry partner Queensland Department of Education and Training.
For 21 years until 2016, Chandra was Associate Professor (Research) in the Centre for the Economics of Education and Training (CEET) at Monash University. Previously he taught at Deakin University and in the Department of Econometrics, Monash University. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor at CIRES, Victoria University and Fellow of the Global Labor Organisation.
External positions
Fellow, Global Labor Organisation
29 Jul 2018 → …Adjunct Associate Professor, Victoria University
1 Sep 2016 → 31 Aug 2019Visiting Fellow (Academic Visitor) , University of Warwick
25 Sep 2011 → 5 Oct 2011Projects 2001 2016
Employer Supported training: prevalence, enablers and barriers
Shah, C., Long, M., Powers, T. & Rothman, S.
National Centre For Vocational Education Research Limited
13/08/14 → 20/06/16
Project: Research
Assessment and review of methodological approaches to labour market modellihng and forecasting and measurement of current and emerging skill shortages
Giesecke, J. & Shah, C.
10/06/13 → 30/07/13
Project: Research
Annual Report on Disadvantaged Learners in VET
Shah, C., Brown, J., Rothman, S. & Underwood, C.
14/06/12 → 31/03/13
Project: Research
Evaluation of service delivery models for disadvantaged learners developed through the 2011 Access and Equity Grants program
Clemans, A., Pardy, J. & Shah, C.
15/09/11 → 15/10/12
Project: Research
Research Output 1997 2018
Future job openings for new entrants by industry and occupation
Shah, C. & Dixon, J., 2018, Adelaide SA Australia: National Centre for Vocational Education Research. 68 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Research
Open Access
File
Analysis of National Workforce Development Fund Training in the Transport and Logistics Industry
Shah, C., 2017, Adelaide SA Australia: National Centre for Vocational Education Research. 42 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Research
Open Access
File
Employer-supported training in Australia: participation, demand and supply
Shah, C., 2017, Adelaide SA Australia: National Centre for Vocational Education Research. 50 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Research
Open Access
File
Employers’ perspectives on training: Three industries
Shah, C., 2017, Adelaide: National Centre for Vocational Education Research. 30 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other Report › Research
Workplace training: employer and employee perspectives
Shah, C., 2017, Adelaide SA Australia: National Centre for Vocational Education Research. 6 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Other
Open Access
File
Activities 2018 2018
- 1 Visiting an external academic institution
University of Malaya
Chandravadan Shah (Visiting researcher)21 Aug 2018
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution