Vol. 35 No. 4 2009
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Hope Versus Experience: Career Ambition and the Labour Market Expectations of University Educated Women
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2009)Studies that consider the position of women in the Australian labour market have consistently demonstrated evidence of unequal outcomes between men and women. A number of structural and behavioural explanations have been ... -
Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave and the Emergence of 'Equality Bargaining' in Australia: an Analysis of Enterprise Agreements, 2003-2007
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2009)Using current enterprise agreement data, this paper evaluates outcomes for paid maternity and paternity leave in Australia and considers the presence of 'equality bargaining' in Australia. We find that the incidence of ... -
Gender Pay Equity Reform in Australia: What is the Way Forward?
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2009)Pay equity reform in Australia has occurred in three stages. The first comprised the adoption of equal pay principles in 1969 and 1972. The second involved a legislative entitlement to equal remuneration, introduced in ... -
Women, Work and Welfare in the Activation State: an Agenda for Australian Research
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2009)Welfare-to-work programs are now enduring features of Australia's labour market and social policy landscape. Over two decades, both Labor and Liberal governments have progressively tightened the conditionality of income ... -
Women at Work in Australia: Bargaining a Better Position?
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2009)The Australian industrial relations system has undergone significant upheaval in the last few decades, with a push towards decentralisation. Women have traditionally relied on centralised wage setting and other statutory ... -
Women's Work - Current Issues and Future Agendas
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2009)
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