Wave 5 of the Longitudinal Survey of Retrenched Automotive Workers

This dataset presents the results of the Wave 5 of the Longitudinal Workers Survey of Retrenched Automotive Workers. Participants in our longitudinal workers survey had jobs which were earmarked for retrenchment leading up to the closure of assembly plants operated in Australia by General Motors Holden, Toyota Motor Company, and Ford. Participant contact information was passed on to the research team at the University of South Australia by the government partners of the project. Participants had provided consent for their details to be used for further communication as part of their engagement in retraining and transition services. All participants in Wave 5 had participated in the Wave 1 survey and in at least the Wave 2, 3 or 4 survey.

The study was developed to investigate the efficacy of private and public investments in pre-retrenchment counselling and training, by collecting data to help understand:

- Which factors affect decisions to exit or stay in the labour market;
- Which factors improve the chances of employment;
- Which factors shorten the spell of unemployment; and
- The intermittency of work careers and labour ‘branching’ processes.