Achieving well in school, and completing Year 12, have significant employment and earnings outcomes for young people a decade or more after leaving school. Early school leavers have less chance of securing full-time employment, and a problematic early start in the labor market can be difficult...

This paper assesses the role of selection criteria in the immigrant settlement process by analysing the labour force status of immigrants entering Australia under different immigration programs. In particular, do immigrants selected on the basis of labour market skills rather than family...

In this paper, the author focuses on labour market and economic reforms and their impact on economic growth, employment and wage outcomes in the longer term. To make the task more manageable the paper described the economic growth experiences of four English speaking countries. The author looks...

There are many dimensions along which changing labour market income could be explored. The author chooses to direct attention to the changes that are occuring among males of different ages. The changes in Australia are very large. Changes of a similar magnitude are occuring in the UK and...

This paper outlines some of the more important associations between aggregate employment changes and children.