Economic Papers - Economic Society of Australia articles from December 2003

Economic Papers - Economic Society of Australia archives from December 2003

Evaluating indigenous socioeconomic outcomes in the reconciliation decade, 1991-2001.
December 1, 2003... 1 Introduction The last decade of the 20th century is significant in Indigenous affairs policy for three reasons. First, the period loosely matched the decade of the government-created Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation that began work...

Australian native title law, policy, and practice--a report card.
December 1, 2003... 1 Overview Can we at least float the idea that narrowly smart and broadly dumb is a bad look? Maybe we need a canon of general knowledge, some kind of bare minimum required of every... school-leaver. How many of them, I wonder, could...

Reforming indigenous welfare policy: salutary lessons and future challenges for Australia from the US experience (1).
December 1, 2003... 1 Introduction As countries across the world seek to reform their social security systems, the situation of indigenous populations within the changing welfare state is beginning to receive greater scrutiny. In both the USA and Australia,...

The employer perspective of indigenous (un)employment.
December 1, 2003... 1 Introduction: Indigenous Employment Over recent years, extensive data and research have confirmed the differential status of Indigenous Australians within the labour market. Indigenous Australians experience higher unemployment, lower...

Urban CDEPS as indigenous employment centres: policy and community implications.(Community Development Employment Projects)
December 1, 2003... 1 Introduction Two radical experiments have recently been undertaken in employment assistance in Australia. The first was the former Keating Labor government's Working Nation strategy which was subsequently dismantled and replaced by the...

The effectiveness of concept maps in introductory Microeconomics.
December 1, 2003... 1 Introduction If one was to ask a first year Microeconomics student to explain the process of equilibrium, it is highly likely that their response would consist of a demand and supply diagram and a written explanation that would look...

Losing sleep at the market: an empirical note on the daylight saving anomaly in Australia.(Illustration)
December 1, 2003... This article was originally printed in the September issue and is reproduced here in full. The original version of the article contained several errors, which were introduced at the printing stage and were in no way the fault of the author. ...