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A new estimate of casual employment?

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  • Campbell, I
  • Burgess, J

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"Researchers at the Productivity Commission have challenged the standard ABS estimates of casual employment in Australia. Using information drawn from the recent Forms of Employment Survey, they propose a new, drastically-reduced estimate of the number of casual employees. They argue that the standard category of ‘casual’ is too broad and confusing and that it is necessary to exclude various groups of workers that cannot be regarded as ‘true’ casual employees. We contend that, apart from the argument for excluding owner-managers of incorporated enterprises, there is no justification for the downward revision. The new estimate does not succeed in undermining the results of previous research. Casualisation, based on high and growing levels of casual density, continues to demand attention from both researchers and policy-makers."

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  • Campbell, I & Burgess, J, 2001. "A new estimate of casual employment?," Australian Bulletin of Labour, National Institute of Labour Studies, vol. 27(2), pages 85-108.
    • Handle: RePEc:fli:journl:27789
    Note: Campbell, I., Burgess, J., 2001. A new estimate of casual employment?. Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 27 No. 2, pp. 85-108
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    1. Joan R. Rodgers, 2003. "Are Part-Time Workers poor?," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 6(1), pages 177-193, March.
    2. Hielke Buddelmeyer & Mark Wooden, 2011. "Transitions Out of Casual Employment: The Australian Experience," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 50(1), pages 109-130, January.
    3. Zeenobiyah Hannif & Felicity Lamm, 2005. "When Non-Standard Work Becomes Precarious: Insights from the New Zealand Call Centre Industry," management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 16(3), pages 324-350.
    4. Sharni Chan, 2013. "‘I am King’: Financialisation and the paradox of precarious work," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 24(3), pages 362-379, September.
    5. Anne Junor, 2004. "Casual University Work: Choice, Risk, Inequity and the Case for Regulation," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 14(2), pages 276-304, January.
    6. John Burgess & Iain Campbell & Robyn May, 2008. "Pathways from Casual Employment to Economic Security: the Australian Experience," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 88(1), pages 161-178, August.
    7. Mark Wooden & Diana Warren, 2003. "The Characteristics of Casual and Fixed-Term Employment: Evidence from the HILDA Survey," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2003n15, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

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