1 Are broad-based vouchers an effective way to support life-long learning? Evidence from an Australian reform Cain Polidano † , Justin van de Ven †,‡ and Sarah Voitchovsky †,§ May 2019 Acknowledgements This research was funded in part by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) under the 2014 National Vocational Education and Training Research Evaluation (NVETRE) service agreement. We thank NCVER for their financial support, for providing the data and feedback on earlier drafts. NCVER were not involved in any other way and the findings and views reported in this paper are those of the authors and should not be attributed to them or the University of Melbourne. We also thank seminar participants at numerous presentations for helpful feedback on earlier drafts. The authors declare not conflict of interest in the preparation and publication of this work. † Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Rearch, the University of Melbourne, Australia. Corresponding author: cainp@unimelb.edu.au; +61 383444 2102. ‡ National Institute of Economic and Social Research, 2 Dean Trench St. London, UK § Graduate Institute, P.O. Box 36, 1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland.