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Australia's Major Terms of Trade and Commodity Shocks, 1800-2013: Sources and Impacts

Stapledon, Nigel - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2013

are not mobile between countries is relaxed, it is observed that the commodities boom which under-pinned Australia's rapid … phase for commodities with a structural shift towards other sectors, even if it meant Australia shifted from leading to …

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Permanent Income Inequality: Australia, Britain, Germany, and the United States Compared

Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009

countries – Australia, Britain, Germany and the United States – and estimate measures of permanent income inequality that are … annual post-government income inequality across countries, the ranking was the US, Australia, Britain, Germany; (3) comparing … recent year was the US, Australia, Germany, Britain; (4) in the most recent year, the most mobile country was Australia …

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The University Gender Gap in Australia: A Long-run Perspective

Booth, Alison L.; Kee, Hiau Joo - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009

According to the 1911 Census, the proportion female of those receiving university education was around 22%, growing to 29% in 1921. By 1952 it had dropped to under 20%, due to easy access into universities for returning war-veterans. From the early 1950s, the university-educated gender gap began...

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The Accord, Compulsory Unionism and the Paradigm Shift in Australian Union Membership

Peetz, D - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1997

With the defeat of the federal Labor Government and the consequent end of the Accord, it has almost become the received wisdom to attribute to the Accord the blame for the decline in union membership and union density during the 1980s and the 1990s. The decline in union density has arisen not...

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The Consequences of Recent Changes in Financing for Australian Higher Education.

Chapman, B; Salvage, T - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1997

The changes made to Australian higher education financing in the 1996-97 Budget are arguable the most significant since the abolition of tertiary fees in 1974. This paper examines the nature and extent of the changes in terms of what they mean for students enrolling for the first time in 1997...

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Do Selection Criteria Make a Difference? Visa Category and the Labour Force Status of Australian Immigrants.

Cobb-Clark, Deborah - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1999

status of immigrants entering Australia under different immigration programs. In particular, do immigrants selected on the …? Information fron the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA) are used address these questions. …

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Some Financing Issues for Australian Higher Education Teaching

Chapman, B. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1998

Australia universities has increased significantly the pressure on institutions to find an additional financing instrument. …

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By Chance or Choice: The Regulation of the Apprenticeship System in Australia, 1900-1930

Stromback, Thorsten - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2006

This paper traces the process whereby the apprenticeship system came to be regulated by industrial tribunals during the period 1900 to 1930. It describes how the regulation emerged, the motives that underpinned it, and the wider political debate about the apprenticeship system at the time. It...

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The Distribution of Top Incomes in Australia

Atkinson, A.B.; Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2006

Using taxation statistics, we estimate the income share held by top income groups in Australia over the period 1921 …

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Australian Gambling Taxation.

Smith, Julie - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1999

conflicting pressures to both encourage and discourage gambling. This documents reviews gambling taxation in Australia. …

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