Australian Bulletin of Labour articles from March 2004

Australian Bulletin of Labour archives from March 2004

Medium terms prospects for the Australian economy and the impact of Kyoto-compliance.(Economic Forecast)
March 1, 2004... Main Points With existing energy and greenhouse measure in place, our medium term basecase forecasts show GDP growth between 2003 and 2012 at an average annual rate of 3.2 per cent. The corresponding forecasts for growth in real private...

Meeting the challenge of casual work in Australia: evidence, past treatment and future policy.(Contributed Article)
March 1, 2004... This article focuses on policy options to contain the expansion of casual work in Australia, especially long term casual work. The first part summarises the evidence on casual work and why it is a problem in Australia. The second part looks at...

Where to now? Welfare and labour market regulation in Australia.(Invited Paper)
March 1, 2004... Introduction Over the last decade and a half, Australia has been deregulating its labour market, with mixed results. One oft-quoted index of success is that, over the last decade, Australian GDP growth has been the second highest in the...

Beyond the unemployment rate: three new measures of labour under utilisation for South Australia.(Contributed Paper)
March 1, 2004... The official Australian unemployment rate is presently about five per cent and set to fall further. In South Australia the unemployment rate is somewhat higher, a little over six per cent. Nevertheless, it is the lowest that it has been in a...

Recent labour market conditions in Australia.(Information)
March 1, 2004... This brief overview reflects on trends in the Australian economy and labour market for the period October 2003 to May 2004. (1) Some main points of interest from the period include: * A total unemployment rate below 6 per cent for the...