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Labour Market

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Labour markets tend to be among the most regulated markets in the economy. While these regulations were meant to protect workers, they are often counterproductive by putting obstacles in the way to job creation. Finding the right balance between these two goals remains a difficult task.

Publications

  1. FEATURE: A Fresh Look at Labour Markets

    John Humphreys | 22 Mar 2010 | POLICY Magazine

    Minimum wage decisions should take into account all costs to the employer and all benefits to the employee.

  2. Indigenous Employment, Unemployment and Labour Force Participation: Facts for Evidence Based Policies

    Helen Hughes AO | 10 Feb 2010 | Policy Monographs

    Professor Helen Hughes, Senior Research Fellow at the CIS and Mark Hughes highlight that Indigenous non-labour force participation... Read More...

  3. What are low ability workers to do when unskilled jobs dissapear?

    Peter Saunders | 14 Feb 2008 | Issue Analysis

  4. What are Low Ability Workers To Do When Unskilled Jobs Disappear? 1

    Peter Saunders | 01 Dec 2007 | Issue Analysis

    Peter Saunders points out there are nearly two million working-age people on welfare benefits.  The fall in the unemployment... Read More...

  5. Mismatch: Australia’s Graduates and the Job Market

    Andrew Norton | 23 Mar 2007 | Issue Analysis

    The current Commonwealth-directed higher education system has produced a mismatch between available graduates and jobs. ... Read More...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Equal Help for Home and Working Mums

    Jessica Brown | 28 May 2010 | The Australian

    A  new parental–leave scheme should not be based around the kind of work their mothers do or don't do, we should design ... Read More

  2. Migrants add to growth hopes

    Stephen Kirchner | 26 Apr 2010 | The Canberra Times

    There is a mistaken view that population growth and immigration policy should be conditioned on existing capacity constraints, ... Read More

  3. Research is the key to balancing pay equity with jobs growth

    Ian Harper | 30 Dec 2009 | The Sydney Morning Herald

    The Australian Fair Pay Commission's final decision on minimum wages needed to draw more broadly on research, consultations ... Read More

  4. Protect us from protectionism: keep the doors open

    Greg Lindsay | 08 Nov 2009 | The Sunday Age

    In his recent address to the Australia China Business Council, China's Vice-Premier Li Keqiang expressed his deep desire ... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

  1. Shovel ready what?

    Luke Malpass | 22 May 2009

    Recessions seem to be an opportunity for people to spout kooky ideas. That’s fine unless it’s your country’s senior ...

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