Youth employment outcomes in urban Australia vary substantially between neighbourhoods. Using Census data from 1991 and 1996 this paper examines youth employment outcomes in the Melbourne metropolitan region. The influence of adult demographic characteristics of neighbourhoods on youth...

This article examines the determinants of Internet connections in Western Australia and some of the regional and socioeconomic differences in Internet adoption. Data on Internet connections from a number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are matched to demographic variables, such as household...

There has been an increasing dispersion in earnings observed in many OECD countries over the last two decades along with shedding of low skill workers and increased demand for skilled workers. This has been attributed to a number of diffent causes including skill-biased technological change. In...

This article examines changes in industry skill scores for Australia for the period 1991 to 2001 using indices of cognitive skill for industry based on Census employment data. Changes in mean industry cognitive skill levels are analysed, as are the relative contributions of changes to the...

A more competitive and export-oriented manufacturing sector is an important objective of the Australian Labor Government's economic strategy. In furthering this objective levels of tariff protection have been lowered and foreign exchange markets deregulated. The strategy has been boosted by the...

The Indonesian economy has grown significantly since 2000, but income inequality has increased since 2001. One of the possible government tools to improve income inequality is through taxation. This paper evaluates household income, income tax, taxes on production, and their impact on income...

Currently there is only a scant literature available on the business cycle effect upon the private rate of return to higher education in Australia. This is despite the expectation that the business cycle would be of a significant consequence to the relative income of degree holders. This paper...

Although experiencing trade cycles, Australia is almost unique in maintaining 20 years of positive economic growth and has survived the global financial crisis relatively unscathed. The economic boom concentrated attention on skill shortages in Australia and their role in preventing the economy...

The economic boom concentrated attention on skill shortages in Australia and their role in preventing the economy from reaching its full potential level of output and putting pressure on inflation. This paper concentrates on the extent to which the supply of tradespersons has adjusted to changed...