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Australia: the miracle economy
Junankar, Pramod N. - 2013
the OECD countries, Australia did not even have a recession. In this paper we study the behaviour of the Australian … economy compared to some of the OECD countries and see that, in fact, Australia has a "miracle economy". The comparisons are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774315
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The effect of shocks to labour market flows on unemployment and participation rates
Dixon, Robert J.; Lim, Guay C.; Ours, Jan C. van - 2014
This paper presents an analysis of labour market dynamics, in particular of flows in the labour market and how they interact and affect the evolution of unemployment rates and participation rates, the two main indicators of labour market performance. Our analysis has two special features. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360089
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Did the Australian JobKeeper program save jobs by subsidizing temporary layoffs?
Borland, Jeff; Hunt, Jennifer - 2021
We analyze the JobKeeper lump-sum wage subsidy introduced by the Australian government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, paying particular attention to the role of temporary layoffs in saving jobs. Although temporary layoffs were widely used, we find that recalls of workers on temporary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698917
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Faces of joblessness in Australia : an anatomy of employment barriers using household data
Immervoll, Herwig; Pacifico, Daniele; Vandeweyer, Marieke - 2019
Australia's economy and labour market have escaped a dramatic downturn following the global financial economic crisis … pressing policy priorities in supporting different groups into employment in Australia. We identify seven distinct groups, each …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005397