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Creating Jobs – the Role of Government: Conference opening address
Henry, Ken - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 5 (2002) 2, pp. 111-113
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Personal and Job Characteristics Associated with Underemployment
Wilkins, Roger - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 9 (2006) 4, pp. 371-393
work more hours in order to increase income. Multinomial logit models are estimated of labour force status in which … found to have many predictors in common with unemployment, but also a number of differences. Additional models are estimated …
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Why an EITC Program should be rejected Comments on ‘The Five Economists’ Plan: the original idea and further developments’
Apps, Patricia - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 5 (2002) 2, pp. 231-237
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An Examination of Net Flows in the Australian Labour Market
Dixon, Robert; Freebairn, John; Lim, Guay - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 8 (2005) 1, pp. 25-42
In this paper we investigate the behaviour of net flows of persons between employment, unemployment and not in the labour force in Australia between 1979-2003 and the relationship of these flows to changes in the unemployment rate over that period. We find that: flows from unemployment to...
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Its Full-Time Jobs That Matter - Round Table Discussion
Gregory, R.G. - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 5 (2002) 2, pp. 271-278
The conference spent too much time discussing unemployment. The two key labour market problems are the lack of full-time job growth and the rapid growth of all welfare recipients. Unemployment is just a small part of the structural problem in the Australian economy. For the perspective of...
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Long-Term Unemployment and Work Deprived individuals: issues and Policies
Dockery, A.M.; Webster, Elizabeth - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 5 (2002) 2, pp. 175-193
The incidence of very long-term unemployment in Australia has risen by nearly 1 per cent per annum since the late 1970s. Despite concerted active LMPs since then, the level of very long term unemployed has risen to nearly 100 000 people. The majority of these people have been workless for a...
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Economic Evaluation of the Training Opportunities Programme in New Zealand
Perry, Geoff; Maloney, Tim - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 11 (2008) 2, pp. 163-185
It is well accepted that a highly educated and well trained labour force is a precondition for sustained economic growth and development, and that the labour market outcomes for individuals are enhanced with higher levels of education and training. Recognition of these facts has influenced the...
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Comments on ‘Long-term unemployment in Australia
Doiron, Denise - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 5 (2002) 2, pp. 195-198
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The ‘Five Economists’ Plan: the original idea and further developments
Dawkins, Peter - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 5 (2002) 2, pp. 203-230
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Forecasting Australian Unemployment Rates using Spectral Analysis
Wilson, Patrick J.; Perry, L.J. - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 7 (2004) 4, pp. 459-480
made for 8 quarters using spectral analysis models evaluated against ARIMA model counterparts. It is found that the … spectral analysis models achieve higher levels of forecasting accuracy than ARIMA counterparts, including turning point … forecast accuracy. These results emerge in spite of weaker in-sample explanatory power of the spectral models against the ARIMA …
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