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Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

Australian manufacturing is a picture of diversity and contrasts. This is the main finding of this paper which examines trends in the Australian manufacturing sector over the last two decades. Manufacturing output has quadrupled since the mid-1950s. The fastest growing activities have been those...

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Employment in Poland 2005

Bukowski, Maciej; Lewandowski, Piotr; Magda, Iga; … - EconWPA - 2005

present a comprehensive statistical and econometric analysis of employment, unemployment and participation in Poland in the … on structural mismatch between labour demand and labour supply in Poland. We find that the employment gap between Poland … with some policy prescriptions. At the moment Poland exhibits the highest unemployment rate in OECD and one of the lowest …

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The 'War on Poverty' after 40 Years: A Minskyan Assessment

Wray, L. Randall; Bell, Stephanie A. - EconWPA - 2004

Hyman Minsky is best known for his work in the area of financial economics, and especially for his financial instability hypothesis. In recent years, some authors have also recognized his advocacy of the “employer of last resort” as part of his “big government” intervention to help...

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Labour Market Institutions and Labour Market Performance: A Survey of the Literature

Arpaia, Alfonso; Mourre, Gilles - EconWPA - 2005

This paper presents a selective survey of the recent literature on labour market institutions. It describes the … different empirical approaches used to explore the nexus between labour market institutions and labour market performance. It … labour market performances is uncontroversial, there is no full consensus on their actual impact and the precise transmission …

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The increasing demand for skilled workers in Australia: the role of technical change

Laine, Craig de; Laplagne, Patrick; Stone, Susan - EconWPA - 2001

been a shift toward employment of skilled workers in Australia, as well as in many other industrialised economies. While it … paper shows other factors are at work. Changing employment patterns are more closely associated with a pull toward skilled …

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Review of TCF Assistance

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The Commission was asked to evaluate current assistance arrangements to the TCF industries and provide policy options for post 2005 assistance and to report on a range of related matters that will affect the sector's long-term viability. The inquiry will also look at relevant workplace issues...

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Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003

EconWPA; Steering Committeee for the Review of … - 2004

Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003 highlights the marked disparities between Indigenous and other Australians. While not the first report to assemble data on the social or economic status of Indigenous people, it is distinguished by the strategic framework within which the...

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Unemployment and re-employment of displaced workers

Murtough, Greg; Waite, Matthew - EconWPA - 2001

Examines the incidence and adjustment experiences of workers who are displaced by economic change. Since the mid-1970s, the aggregate annual rate of retrenchment has fluctuated in a counter-cyclical pattern around a relatively stable long-term trend of about 5 per cent. The paper shows that the...

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Productivity and the structure of employment

Barnes, Paula; Johnson, Rick; Kulys, Anthony; Hook, Scott - EconWPA - 2002

The paper examines the structure of employment defined by industry, skill, age, part-time and casual employment status … and the distribution of earnings. Employment patterns, and changes in employment profiles, are examined for differences …

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Work Arrangements in the Australian Meat Processing Industry

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

This report examines selected work arrangements and assesses their implications for the performance of meat processing enterprises. The effects on employees are also considered, and the scope to achieve further necessary change is analysed. The study has drawn on information obtained from...

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