Panel data from Australia are used to study the prevalence of work hours mismatch among long hours workers and, more importantly, how that mismatch persists and changes over time, and what factors are associated with these changes. Particular attention is paid to the roles played by household debt, ideal worker characteristics and gender. Both static...

This report compares cross-sectional and longitudinal joblessness rates and finds that, for some types of household - especially lone parent and lone person households - joblessness is persistent. However, for other types of household (especially couple households), joblessness is usually a transient or short term experience.The HILDA panel survey enables policy makers to gain an...

There is a close correspondence between disability benefit receipt and labour market outcomes according to this study of Centrelink records. Entry to disability support pensions via unemployment benefits is associated with substantially reduced prospects of exiting the pension, while employment during this time is associated with increased success in staying off payments once an exit...

Women are more sensitive to life events than men according to this paper by Robert Drago, Mark Wooden and David Black. Women’s preferred hours and labor force participation decline sharply with pregnancy and the arrival of children; approach usual levels as children enter school and decline as they become empty-nesters. They also find women’s preferred...

The present WorkChoices legislation marks a radical departure in scope and philosophy from the past. This lecture by Joe Isaac reviews the new legislation in the context of the history of industrial regulation in Australia and the requirements of an economically efficient and socially fair industrial relations system. The Australian industrial relations system, based on...