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Employment Polarisation in Australia

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PETER DAWKINS
PAUL GREGG
ROSANNA SCUTELLA

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Although employment levels in Australia are healthy when compared to those 20 years ago, the distribution of work across households has become more unequal. The present paper measures any polarisation of employment that has taken place in Australian households between 1982 and 2000/01. We find that employment has indeed become polarised across Australian households with most of the polarisation within-household types and not entirely reflecting changes in household size. Particularly worrying is the polarisation found in households with children. This is likely to have consequences for the well-being of future generations. Copyright 2005 The Economic Society Of Australia.

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Volume (Year): 81 (2005)
Issue (Month): 255 (December)
Pages: 336-350
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  1. Bob Gregory, 1999. "Children and the Changing Labour Market: Joblessness in Families with Dependent Children," CEPR Discussion Papers 406, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Gregory, R.G. & Hunter, B., 1995. "The Macro Economy and the Growth of Ghettos and Urban Poverty in Australia," CEPR Discussion Papers 325, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.
  4. Paul Gregg & Jonathan Wadsworth, . "More work in fewer households?," NIESR Discussion Papers 72, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
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  1. M. D. R. Evans & Jonathan Kelley, 2004. "Effects of Family of Origin on Women’s and Men’s Workforce Involvement," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2004n25, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne. [Downloadable!]
  2. Rosanna Scutella & Mark Wooden, 2006. "Effects of Household Joblessness on Subjective Well-Being," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2006n10, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne. [Downloadable!]
  3. Deborah Cobb-Clark & Chris Ryan & Robert Breunig, 2005. "A Couples-based Approach to the Problem of Workless Families," ANUCBE School of Economics Working Papers 2005-454, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Paul Gregg & Rosanna Scutella & Jonathan Wadsworth, 2004. "Reconciling Workless Measures at the Individual and Household Level: Theory and Evidence from the United States, Britain, Germany, Spain and Australia," CEP Discussion Papers dp0635, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. [Downloadable!]
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