Peter Dawkins () (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne) Paul Gregg () (University of Bristol, H.M. Treasury and Centre for Economic Performance London School of Economics) Rosanna Scutella () (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne)
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Individual and household based aggregate measures of joblessness offer conflicting signals about labour market performance. This paper shows that while individual based measures of joblessness have remained fairly stable over the last 10 years or so and have fallen after highs in the early 1980s, household measures of joblessness have risen. Joblessness among the working age population has become more concentrated within certain households. In the past Australia’s non-working population (of working age) were supported in households where others worked whereas they are now primarily supported by welfare payments from the state. What is perhaps most striking is how many children now are living in households with no earned income. The incidence of jobless households falls disproportionately on households headed by those who are young or approaching retirement age, with little or no qualifications or born overseas. Many jobless households are single parents so they are also much more likely to be headed by a female. We also show that the poor are disproportionately represented in jobless households.
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Paper provided by Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne in its series Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series with number
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Length: 30 pages Date of creation: May 2001 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:iae:iaewps:wp2001n03
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