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Personal and Job Characteristics Associated with Underemployment

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  • Roger Wilkins

    () (University of Melbourne)

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Using information collected by the 2001 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, I investigate the factors associated with underemployment, defined as a situation where a part-time employed person would like to work more hours in order to increase income. Multinomial logit models are estimated of labour force status in which underemployment is distinguished from other part-time employment. Effects of a wide range of personal and neighbourhood characteristics are examined, including family background, employment history and local labour market conditions. Underemployment is found to have many predictors in common with unemployment, but also a number of differences. Additional models are estimated on employed persons only that investigate the job characteristics associated with underemployment. Relatively few job characteristics predict underemployment as distinct from other part-time employment, notable exceptions being occupation and industry of employment.

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Article provided by The Centre for Labour Market Research (CLMR), Curtin Business School in its journal Australian Journal of Labour Economics.

Volume (Year): 9 (2006)
Issue (Month): 4 (December)
Pages: 371-393

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Handle: RePEc:ozl:journl:v:9:y:2006:i:4:p:371-393

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Web page: http://www.business.curtin.edu.au/business/research/journals-published-by-cbs/australian-journal-of-labour-economics

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Keywords: Unemployment; Models; Duration; Incidence; and Job Search-Labor Force and Employment; Size; and Structure Time Allocation; Work Behavior; and Employment Determination;

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  1. Jeff Borland, 2011. "The Australian Labour Market in the 2000s: The Quiet Decade," RBA Annual Conference Volume, in: Hugo Gerard & Jonathan Kearns (ed.), The Australian Economy in the 2000s Reserve Bank of Australia.

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