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Welfare Reform and jobless households in Australia

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  • Peter Dawkins

    (University of Melbourne)

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The author of this paper was one of the members of the Reference Group that produced the McClure Report that recommended a simplified income support system as well as improved work incentives, as well as increased economic and social participation requirements on welfare recipients, and enhanced employment services. In this paper he provides an outline how welfare reform could reduce unemployment and joblessness, through this combination of policies. He also argues that it is important to link welfare reform to reforming the operation of the wages system.

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  • Peter Dawkins, 2002. "Welfare Reform and jobless households in Australia," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 5(4), pages 531-547, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ozl:journl:v:5:y:2002:i:4:p:531-547
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    Keywords

    Welfare and poverty: general Government programs; provision and effects of welfare programs Time allocation; work behaviour; and employment determination: other;
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    JEL classification:

    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • J29 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Other

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