Self-Employed Contractors in Australia: Incidence and Characteristics

Matthew Waite and Lou Will
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Matthew Waite: Productivity Commission
Lou Will: Productivity Commission

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Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of self-employed contracting in Australia. The analysis covers all self-employed contractors, including dependent and independent contractors. The paper finds that self- employed contractors have become more common in Australia over the past 20 years. In August 1998, 10 per cent of employed persons, or 844 000 individuals, worked as self-employed contractors.

Keywords: contractors; -; contracting; -; self-employed; -; labour; force; -; forms; of; employment; -; dependent; contractors; -; independent; contractors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab and nep-mic
Date: 2001-10-18
Note: Type of Document - Word 97; prepared on IBM PC; to print on HP; pages: 78 ; figures: included
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