BNew Developments in the Australian Labour Market in 2006

Martin O'Brien (martinob@uow.edu.au), Abbas Valadkhani, Peter Waring and Richard Denniss
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Martin O'Brien: University of Wollongong, http://business.uow.edu.au/econ/who/index.html
Peter Waring: University of New South Wales Asia, Singapore
Richard Denniss: Parliament House, Canberra, ACT

Economics Working Papers from School of Economics, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Abstract: 2006 generally represented a solid year in terms of macroeconomic performance and labour market indicators, even under the threat of increasing inflation and interest rates. However, some favourable aggregate labour market indicators disguised major disparities at disaggregated regional, sectoral or demographic levels. The major development in the labour market was the implementation and operation of the WorkChoices legislation which will shape the industrial relations landscape in Australia for many years to come. This article presents an analysis of the performance of the macroeconomy and labour market, and reviews the developments of the WorkChoices legislation.

Keywords: economic performance; industrial relations legislation; labour market; WorkChoices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E66 J21 J40 J53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2007
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