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The Medium Term Outlook for Labour Demand: An Economy Wide Assessment

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This paper presents a detailed assessment of the medium term outlook for the demand for labour in Australia. Forecasts are reported for employment by industry, by occupation, by State and Territory, by hours worked and by skill level. The forecasts are driven, in the first instance, by a fully articulated view about the outlook for the macroeconomy. This macro view is then combined with projections for various industry specific variables prepared by relevant expert organisations. Coherence between the different sources is ensured by incorporating them in a single simulation using the MONASH model, a large applied general equilibrium model of the Australian economy. In deriving the forecasts, attention has been paid to the effect of technological and social change on the structure of the economy in recent years, and to the implications of that change for future labour demand. The paper deals particularly with technical change which affects the distribution of employment across occupations within industries, and the distribution across different categories of hours worked within occupations. Tables are included to illustrate how the forecasting system can be interrogated to reveal * the contributions of various industries to employment growth for a selected occupation, and * the relative importance of output growth, capital growth and labour saving technical change to industry employment growth. The paper concludes with a review of some issues associated with making a proper assessment of the forecasts.

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  • G.A. Meagher, 1996. "The Medium Term Outlook for Labour Demand: An Economy Wide Assessment," Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre Working Papers op-87, Victoria University, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre.
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    1. Adams, Philip D. & Dixon, Peter B. & McDonald, Daina & Meagher, G. A. & Parmenter, Brian R., 1994. "Forecasts for the Australian economy using the MONASH model," International Journal of Forecasting, Elsevier, vol. 10(4), pages 557-571, December.
    2. Borghans, L. & van Eijs, P.W.L.J. & de Grip, A., 1994. "An evaluation of labour market forecasts by type of education and occupation for 1992," ROA Report 4E, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
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    1. G.A. Meagher, 1997. "Structural Change, the Demand for Skilled Labour and Lifelong Learning," Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre Working Papers g-121, Victoria University, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre.

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    • C68 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computable General Equilibrium Models
    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • E47 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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