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ACE 2016 Handbook : 45th Australian Conference of Economists
(Flinders University, 2016-07-11)Held at Flinders University 11-13 July 2016 -
The ACTU’s response to the growth in long-term casual employment in Australia
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2001)"The steady growth in the level of and nature of casual employment in Australia poses unique challenges for the union movement. With a quarter of Australian workers and a third of women in the workforce now employed as ... -
Adding insult to injury: how work-life pressures affect the participation of low-paid workers in vocational education and training
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2012)This paper applies a work-life lens to examine the barriers and challenges confronting low-paid workers in their participation in vocational education and training. It utilises data from a large national survey of Australian ... -
Adding Migrants to the Mix: The Demography of the Labour Force Participation Rate, 2000 to 2010
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2013)"Between 2000 and 2010, the labour force participation rate in Australia increased by more than 2 percentage points to reach a record high by the end of the decade. This article decomposes the change in the participation rate ... -
Adjustment, Well-being and Help-seeking Among Australian FIFO Mining Employees
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2014)"The theme of fly-in fly-out (FIFO) employment arrangements has attracted considerable policy and media interest, yet there is limited knowledge about the impact of such employment on workers and how they might manage the ... -
The Aged Care Workforce: Methods to Increase Supply to Remedy Possible Shortages
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2007)This paper examines the labour supply of Australian aged care workers to determine methods for increasing supply to remedy possible shortages in the workforce. The possibility of increasing supply is tested through examination ... -
Akubras to Hard Hats: Easing Skill Shortages through Labour Harmonisation Strategies
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2013)"This article examines skill and labour shortages within rural agricultural industries in Western Australia. It draws on primary and secondary data, including 600 survey respondents in the sector. It is determined that ... -
Apprenticeship training and productivity growth: a case study of the Australian construction industry
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2015)This article explores the effect of apprenticeship training on productivity in the Australian construction industry. Using state-level data, the correlation between the level of training and productivity is analysed. The ... -
Arbitration Extinguished: the Impact of the Work Choice Legislation on the Australian Industrial Relations Commission
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2006)No abstract -
Are all workers influenced to stay by similar factors, or should different retention strategies be implemented? Comparing younger and older aged-care workers in Australia
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2015)The global financial crisis led many older workers to delay retirement or to re-enter the workforce (O'Loughlin, Humpel and Kendig 2010). This has resulted in an increase in age diversity within organisations. This age ... -
Australian Labour Market Flows over the Business Cycle
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2011)This paper analyses the behaviour of Australian labour market transition rates. Since the early 1980s, the job-finding rate has been significantly more volatile than the job-loss rate and it is strongly pro-cyclical. The ... -
Australian Labour Market Reform - What Needs to be Done?
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2006)No abstract -
The Australian Strike Rate and Industrial Relations: a Brief Reply to Perry
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Australian Wage Policy: Infancy and Adolescence
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Australiaʼs 1990s Productivity Surge: A Response to Keith Hancockʼs Challenge
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AWAs: A review of the literature and debates
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2002)The re-election of the Howard Government in the 2001 federal election has secured the place of AWAs in Australian industrial relations. Yet their continued presence does not remain free of controversy or conjecture. In ... -
Balancing Work, Family and Life: Introduction to the Special Edition
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Bargaining for welfare: Gender consequences of Australia's dual welfare model
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2003)"The tradition in Australia of delivering welfare benefits through the industrial relations system rather than through social insurance schemes has important implications for coverage and adequacy of important forms of ... -
Beyond our control: labour adjustment in response to the global recession by multinational auto companies in Australia
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2012)In response to the global recession, many multinational companies (MNCs) in the auto industry adjusted labour levels in their plants around the world. This paper examines the responses of Ford, GM, and Bosch in relation ...