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False promise or false premise? Evaluating the job network

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  • William Mitchell

    (University of Newcastle)

  • Sally Cowling

    (University of Newcastle)

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This paper contends that the replacement of the Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) with a market-like system for employment services has formed part of a broader set of neo-liberal policy shifts, which have served to replace the goal of full employment with the diminished goal of full employability. While proposed changes to the funding and operation of the Job Network may generate further, and narrowly conceived, efficiency gains, they will not improve aggregate employment outcomes in the absence of a policy commitment to restore full employment. We argue that finessing the roles of the public, private and not-for-profit sectors in the provision of employment services is a second-order issue relative to restoring the role of the public sector as an employer of last resort.

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  • William Mitchell & Sally Cowling, 2003. "False promise or false premise? Evaluating the job network," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 6(2), pages 207-226, June.
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    1. J.W. Nevile & Ann Nevile, 2003. "Evaluating the Structure and Performance of the Job Network," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 6(2), pages 241-251, June.

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    Mobility; Unemployment; and Vacancies: Public Policy (includes Employment Services);
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    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy

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