Underemployment is generally conceived as excess labour supply associated with
employed persons—that is, as a situation where employed persons would like to work more …

Since the beginning of the 1990s Australia has experienced a gradual but far-reaching
process of labour market deregulation. Labour market deregulation has proceeded primarily …

This book explores the relationship between economic liberalism and social policy in
Australia. How do social policies operate in a fiercely individualist market economy, and …

Underemployment is generally conceived as excess labour supply associated with
employed persons–that is, as a situation where employed persons would like to work more …

It is commonly presumed that–with the exception of wartime–the Great Depression of the
1930s marked the low point in the level of well-being in industrial societies in the twentieth …

As labour markets have become more complex there has been increasing interest among
researchers in understanding the ways that social and labour market processes and …

A number of Australian studies have provided microeconomic and macroeconomic
perspectives on the causes of, and solutions to, Australia's unemployment problem. This …

Who are the groups in the Australian labour market who bear the brunt of recessionary
periods and who are least successful during growth periods? Few would debate that groups …

Since the mid 1970s the historically high unemployment rate in Australia has been a major
issue of concern to policy-makers. A related issue has been the widening distribution of …

This paper examines the role played by social security provisions and hidden
unemployment in influencing trends in older male labour force participation in Australia. The …