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In 2003, part-time employment in Australia accounted for over 42% of the Australian female workforce, nearly 17% of the … proportion of working women employed part-time and Australia tops the OECD league in terms of its proportion of working men who … first four waves of the new Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. We find that, once unobserved …
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We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely to receive a callback, with the difference being largest in occupations that are more female-dominated. -- Discrimination ; field experiments ; employment ; gender
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so-called 'knowledge industries' fed into an increased demand in Australia for better-educated workers. As the twentieth … study. -- Higher education ; gender ; Australia …
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groups in Australia – a country where one quarter of the population was born overseas. To denote ethnicity, we use …-level jobs and submitted a CV showing that the candidate had attended high school in Australia. We find economically and …
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Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. Estimation of this elasticity is of particular interest not only in its own …
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In this paper we utilise data from a unique new birth-cohort study to see how the risk preferences of young people are affected by cognitive skills and gender. We find that cognitive ability (measured by the percentile ranking for university entrance at age 18) has no effect on risk preferences...
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happiness. We use panel data from the new Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey. Our analysis indicates that … happiness. We use panel data from the new Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey. Our analysis indicates that …
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in access to health services and in health behaviour. These issues need to be tackled before Australia can truly claim to …
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