Labour markets and wages in Australia 2010
In this article we present data on earnings and hours in 2010 and, using data over a longer time frame, show how the character of the Australian labour market has significantly changed in recent decades. Among other things, we demonstrate a continued shift towards part-time work and, across full-tim...
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| description | In this article we present data on earnings and hours in 2010 and, using data over a longer time frame, show how the character of the Australian labour market has significantly changed in recent decades. Among other things, we demonstrate a continued shift towards part-time work and, across full-time and part-time labour markets, a change in the distribution of jobs towards more highly skilled occupations. We continue to argue that traditional indicators of labour-market activity, such as headline unemployment and earnings in full-time employment, are only able to partially explain the health of the labour market. There is an urgent need to better understand other dimensions such as underemployment, part-time employment and part-time earnings. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-359342017-09-13T15:52:05Z Labour markets and wages in Australia 2010 Jefferson, Therese Preston, Alison In this article we present data on earnings and hours in 2010 and, using data over a longer time frame, show how the character of the Australian labour market has significantly changed in recent decades. Among other things, we demonstrate a continued shift towards part-time work and, across full-time and part-time labour markets, a change in the distribution of jobs towards more highly skilled occupations. We continue to argue that traditional indicators of labour-market activity, such as headline unemployment and earnings in full-time employment, are only able to partially explain the health of the labour market. There is an urgent need to better understand other dimensions such as underemployment, part-time employment and part-time earnings. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35934 10.1177/0022185611402000 Sage Publications Ltd. fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Jefferson, Therese Preston, Alison Labour markets and wages in Australia 2010 |
| title | Labour markets and wages in Australia 2010 |
| title_full | Labour markets and wages in Australia 2010 |
| title_fullStr | Labour markets and wages in Australia 2010 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Labour markets and wages in Australia 2010 |
| title_short | Labour markets and wages in Australia 2010 |
| title_sort | labour markets and wages in australia 2010 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35934 |