Download or read book The Decline in Male Employment in Australia written by David Black and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We use Census data to investigate the sources of the decline in the level of employment of working age males in Australia in recent decades. Alternative measures of the male employment rate are considered before settling on two complementary measures: the full-time employment rate and the full-time equivalent employment rate. The latter measure weights part-time jobs according to the fraction of a full-time job they represent. Models of the determinants of these two employment rates are estimated using data from the Censuses conducted between 1971 and 2001. We construct a pseudo panel by 'stacking' the seven Census data sets (Deaton, 1997; Kapteyn, et)al., 2005). This facilitates the tracing of birth cohorts over time, in turn making it possible to control for cohort unobserved heterogeneity that may bias cross-sectional estimates of effects of other characteristics, in particular age and year/time period. We produce evidence that a number of factors have contributed to the decline in male employment, including the decline in couple households with dependent children, growth in income taxes and welfare replacement rates and changes in the structure of labour demand away from traditionally male-dominated industries. We also find that, all else (observable) constant, more recent birth cohorts have no lower - and possibly higher - employment rates than earlier birth cohorts.
Download or read book Examining the Role of Demographic Change in the Decline of Male Employment in Australia written by David Black and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Decline of the Self Employment Rate in Australia written by Kadir Atalay and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article uses Australian panel data to investigate the decline in the self-employment rate in Australia. Our analysis shows that the self-employment rate has declined in Australia because older workers, especially older female workers, remain longer in paid employment. We show that although the self-employment rate of older workers remains higher than that of younger workers, the gap has decreased. We argue that there is evidence that industry and institutional changes may have contributed to an increase in the labour force participation of older women and may explain why the decline of self-employment has been particularly pronounced for this group.
Download or read book The Structure and Determinants of Wage Relativities written by Alison Preston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2001. Drawing on the fields of labour economics and industrial relations, this book simultaneously applies human capital theory and institutional analysis to an explanation of occupational and other wage differentials. This outstanding study contains a wealth of reference material on both the economic and normative determinants of wages. Destined to become a landmark study in the area of Australian wage determination, the book is an essential text for labour economists, industrial relations specialists, researchers and policy makers alike.
Download or read book How Australia Compares written by Rodney Tiffen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-27 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Australia Compares is a handy reference that compares Australia with 17 other developed democracies on a wide range of social, economic and political dimensions. Whenever possible, it gives not only snapshot comparisons from the present, but charts trends over recent decades or even longer. Its scope is encyclopaedic, offering comparative data on as many aspects of social life as possible, from taxation to traffic accidents, homicide rates to health expenditure, and international trade to internet usage. It uses a highly accessible format, devoting a double-page spread to each topic, with tables on one page and a clear explanation and analysis on the facing page. In each discussion the focus is to put the Australian experience into international perspective, drawing out the implications for its performance, policies and prospects.
Download or read book Monthly Labor Review written by United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.
Download or read book The Decline of Males written by Lionel Tiger and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-09-02 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiger links current social problems, such as the increasing numbers of single mothers, abortions, working women, and men abandoning their families, to the rise of efficient methods of contraception which has "marginalized [men] in the process of reproduction."--Jacket.
Download or read book How Does Occupational Sex Segregation Shape Low Skilled Men s Employment Opportunities written by Megan Moskos and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major feature of the contemporary Australian labour market is the declining participation of prime-age men, in particular those with low education levels. Using Census data for 1996 and 2006, this paper explores how occupational sex segregation -- a concept traditionally used to explain female employment outcomes -- has shaped low skilled men?s employment opportunities in Australia. The empirical evidence shows that employment for workers with limited levels of educational attainment has expanded most rapidly in occupations that are female-dominated. Men are not increasing their share of employment in these occupations. This evidence supports the argument that sex segregation in employment opportunities has contributed to men's withdrawal from the labour force. The paper concludes by discussing the relative usefulness of occupational sex segregation as a theoretical framework for understanding low skilled men?s labour market situation.
Download or read book Inclusive Growth in Australia written by John Buchanan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inclusive Growth in Australia overturns two decades of assumptions that social policy is wasteful and a source of dependency. It reflects a global resurgence of the understanding that an active and effective social policy regime is vital not only for a flourishing society, but also for a strong economy. It explains this new paradigm of inclusive growth and shows how it can be implemented in Australia. Inclusive growth dismantles the idea that social development will automatically trickle down from untrammelled market based growth. Rather, growth must be managed so that it is employment centred, broad based across sectors and with a social security system promoting sustainability and equality of opportunity. The editors argue that productivity is 'nearly everything' when it comes to raising living standards. So while social policies will be about goals other than the economy, they must demonstrate their compatibility with an economic growth strategy. With contributions from leading national and international experts in the field including Marian Baird, Grant Belchamber, Gerald Burke, Saul Eslake, Roy Green and Peter Whiteford, Inclusive Growth in Australia shows that 'welfare state' spending is as much an economic investment as a measure of social protection. Written for policy makers, industry and NGOs as well as students, Inclusive Growth in Australia locates Australian economic and social policy within the most important emergent themes shaping international debate.
Download or read book Hidden Unemployment written by Peter Stricker and published by Parkville, Victoria : Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne. This book was released on 1981 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research report on disguised unemployment trends and issues in Australia - shows that the recorded data understates underemployment and hidden unemployment among youth, married women, older workers and migrant workers, examines the impact of economic recession on labour force participation and welfare benefits (incl. Unemployment benefit, old age benefits, guaranteed income, etc.) and includes suggestions for employment policy, educational policy and social policy. Graphs, references and statistical tables.
Download or read book The Work life Collision written by Barbara Pocock and published by Federation Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longer working hours, insecure jobs, child care, declining birth rates, parental leave, the 'mummy track', the success or failure of feminism - the levels of passion, vitriol, despair and guilt these subjects engender attest to the importance Australians place on them, and rightly so. Their effects go beyond how we feel: they affect vital economic and demographic trends. The Work/Life Collision, grounded in thorough quantitative and qualitative research, analyses how these factors affect each other, in particular the collision of work and care and its implications for how we live. Pocock demonstrates how the existing 'work/care' regime that shapes how we live and work has high social costs - for mothers, fathers, families and those who want to be both workers and carers. She weighs the hidden costs of how we live and work now - costs that can be measured in bedrooms, kitchens, workplaces and streetscapes - and in our declining birth rate and embedded gender inequality. The Work/Life Collision goes further than just explaining our growing anxiety about quality of life, despite the evidence of unmatched material wealth. Pocock proposes ways in which a new 'work/care' regime can be built, through: the redistribution of working hours the rehabilitation of degraded and insecure part-time jobs a new system of leave from paid work, and better support for mothers, fathers and all kinds of dependants. She guides us through the real experiences of Australian households and points to a uniquely Australian solution to a fairer world.
Download or read book Work Wealth and Postmodernism written by Bradley Bowden and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the rise of postmodernism in management scholarship and argues that the prevalence of postmodernist thought reflects a lack of understanding by management researchers of the core principles upon which Western business endeavour is based. The author highlights postmodernism’s methodological and conceptual failings, such as disbelief in material progress and economic advancement, and its denial of generalizable laws to direct management research. In its place, the author proposes a return to traditional modernist principles in management research, based on scientific evidence. This ground breaking, timely work will spark debate and challenge previously accepted claims of postmodernism, a nice retort to the anti-business/anti-capitalist literature now prevalent in academia.
Download or read book Youth Employment and Unemployment in Western Australia written by Western Australia. Department of Employment and Training and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Changing Australian Labour Market written by Keith Norris and published by AGPS. This book was released on 1996 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Labour Market and Social Protection Reforms in International Perspective written by Giuliano Bonoli and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social protection systems and labour markets have undergone major changes in the past two decades. Welfare states are being reformed, scaled back and modernised; labour markets, at the same time, are more precarious, more feminised, more unequal, and throughout the OECD area, older. The interaction between labour markets and social protection has become increasingly crucial to the social and economic policy mix concerning unemployment, the transformation of work, the new poverty, and even demographics. Against this background, an interdisciplinary team of leading labour market and social protection experts from various OECD countries examine the multifaceted aspects of the changing relationship between social protection systems and labour markets. They identify and analyse key emerging issues, such as the link between employment and social protection financing, the adaptation of social protection systems to women's career patterns, and the development of new forms of social protection that aim at promoting employment. With practical policy guides and recommendations using case studies and comparative chapters, this will be engaging reading for policy-makers, social actors and academics alike.
Download or read book Work Rich Work Poor written by Jeff Borland and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work rich, work poor: inequality and economic change in Australia.
Download or read book Men Not at Work written by Ralph Lattimore and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Productivity Commission Staff Working Paper, 'Men not at Work: An Analysis of Men Outside the Workforce' (by Ralph Lattimore), was released in January 2007. This paper analyses the characteristics of adult men outside the labour force in Australia. The paper finds that, in contrast to women, the rates at which men are disengaged from the labour force have increased fourfold over the past century, rising especially rapidly over the last 50 years. There are many drivers of this transformation of the Australian labour market. Some of it is due to: population ageing; younger men are spending longer in education; older men are enjoying a longer voluntary retirement; and men are now much more involved in domestic and childcare tasks - 30 per cent of those aged 35 to 44 years are not in the labour force for this reason. Many prime-aged males leave the labour market due to injury, ill-health, disability or premature 'retirement'. About half the men aged 25 to 64 years who are outside the labour force receive the Disability Support Pension. Inactive men are more likely to be living alone, be poorly educated, and of indigenous or non-English speaking migrant background. A man aged 45 to 54 years living alone is about four times more likely to be outside the labour force than one who is married or who has a partner. The paper does not make any recommendations, but the research should assist policy development in areas central to getting more men into or back into the workforce. The views expressed in this paper are those of the staff involved and do not necessarily reflect those of the Productivity Commission.
