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The National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS) is an autonomous research institute within the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Flinders University, and is Australia’s oldest dedicated labour market research centre. NILS specialises in research and consulting in the fields of work and labour markets, and is renowned for combining rigorous analysis with a continuing concern for the wellbeing of people as workers.
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NILS Working Paper no 175. Low skill men’s access to ‘feminine’ care jobs in Australia: An occupational case study approach
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)Labour market restructuring and the emergence of the ‘service economy’ have had profound impacts on the nature of work and the gender composition of employment in industrialised countries. Stagnating participation rates ... -
NILS Working Paper no 173. How does occupational sex segregation shape low skilled men's employment opportunities? Evidence from the ABS census
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)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 ... -
NILS Working paper no 181. Modelling house prices across Sydney with estimates for access, property size, public transport, urban density and crime
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2012)This paper examines the structure of house prices across the city, in this case Sydney, as an aid to urban development strategy and in particular to determine the potentially positive effects of public transport and negative ... -
NILS Working paper no 167. Assisting people marginal to the labour market to gain and maintain employment: a spotlight on South Australia
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)Until relatively recently Australia experienced unprecedented levels of economic growth. The number of jobs available was at an all time high and unemployment at a 30 year historical low. It is an unfortunate reality ... -
NILS Working paper no 180. Job anxiety, work-related psychological illness and workplace performance
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)This paper uses matched employee-employer data from the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) 2004 to examine the determinants of employee job anxiety and work-related psychological illness. Job anxiety is ... -
NILS Working paper no 179. Immigration policy and entrepreneurship
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australias immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants probability of becoming entrepreneurs. The policy change consists of stricter entry requirements and ... -
NILS Working paper no 178. Labour market outcomes and skill acquisition in the host country: North African migrants returning home from the European Union
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)This paper studies the educational investment decisions of returning migrants while abroad in the context of their decisions about the choice of activity upon returning and the duration of migration. The theoretical model ... -
NILS Working paper no 177. An examination of the effect of wealth and earned income on the decision to retire in the UK
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)This paper investigates the impact of financial wealth and earned income on the retirement decision using data from the English Longitudinal Survey of Ageing. The estimation results from a random effect dynamic probit model ... -
NILS Working paper no 176. Disability and job mismatches in the Australian labour market
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)We examine the relationship between disability, job mismatch, earnings and job satisfaction, using panel estimation on data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (2001-2008). While we ... -
NILS Working paper no 171. Adjusting to skill shortages: complexity and consequences
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)Skill shortages are often portrayed as a major problem for the economies of many countries including the Australian economy. Yet, there is surprisingly little evidence about their prevalence, causes and consequences. This ... -
NILS Working paper no 170. The impact of major--job mismatch on college graduates' early career earnings
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)In this paper, I assess the impact of the mismatch between college major and job on college graduates' early career earnings using a sample from China. I find that on average a major--job mismatched college graduate suffers ... -
NILS Working paper no 169. Work-related health in Europe: are older workers more at risk?
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)This paper uses the fourth European Working Conditions Survey (2005) to address the impact of age on work-related self-reported health outcomes. More specifically, the paper examines whether older workers differ significantly ... -
NILS Working paper no. 168. Enterprise bargaining and productivity
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)There can be no certainty about the productivity effects of enterprise bargaining, because the counterfactual situation is and will remain unknown. That said, I contend that there are good grounds for doubting that enterprise ... -
NILS Working paper no 166. Are casual and contract terms of employment hazardous for mental health in Australia?
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)The risk that flexible forms of employment are harmful to the health of workers is a major public health issue for the many countries, including Australia, where such forms of employment are common or have been growing. ... -
NILS Working paper no 165. Improving the employment rates of people with disabilities through vocational education
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)During the 2001-2008 period, the employment rate of people with a disability remained remarkably low in most western economies, hardly responding to better macro-economic conditions and favourable anti-discrimination ...
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