Almost 50% of workers in the latest HILDA survey feel overeducated – which can make people more likely to feel bored at work, underpaid or more likely to quit.
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Of the top 20 occupations most at risk of being automated, 15 are dominated by women.
The make-up of the workforce is changing, with rapid growth in blue-collar jobs offsetting a decline in white-collar work.
The first in-depth analysis of discouraged workers finds they range from young men to mums. Unless we pay more attention to them, we risk misreading the economy.
The challenge is not job creation, but how to find the workers we need. There’s much the government can do, from childcare to migration.
Labor’s proposal should help address some skills shortages in the sector. But it will be a long time before the benefits flow through to housing.
New research shows a large gap between women who have experienced domestic violence and those who have not, both in terms of employment and finishing university.
Our research explains which groups are still working beyond retirement age, and why.
Until now, Australia has been more successful than the US, UK and Canada in managing inflation and unemployment, but underlying weakness in the labour market are putting that success at risk.
Our research looked at alternative jobs on offer for 766 NSW coal mine workers. We found some, like electricians, would find work easily – but without local retraining, others may have had to move.
The headline figures look good, but employment growth is slowing and hours worked are barely growing.
Simple changes to Australia’s skilled migration points test could boost visa-holders’ earnings, government budgets and Australia’s productivity.
The most recent data from Statistics Canada shows that, while gender inequalities in the workplace remain fairly large between women and men, there are some notable exceptions.
South Africa’s challenge is how to break the cycle of people becoming locked in chronic unemployment who may not be employable in the long term.
The Treasury and RBA believe Australia’s sustainable rate of unemployment is above 4%, but Australia’s leading economists think 3.75% is possible long-term, and have ideas about how to achieve it.
While fewer new jobs are being created, an unusually high backlog of vacancies is keeping demand for workers high. But over the past year, we’ve seen a shift in who is being hired.
Canada is counting on immigrants to drive economic growth. Smaller urban communities can help take pressure off Canada’s most heavily populated regions by attracting and retaining newcomers.
A shift towards a more distributed, borderless global workforce will not necessarily lead to job losses for Canada, but it will be disruptive and require restructuring in the labour market.
Australia’s employment growth is slowing, but the ups and downs from month to month make it hard say what happens next.
Indonesian worker protests about a new emergency regulation – issued suddenly in late 2022 to replace a controversial job creation law – look likely to continue ahead of the February 2024 election.
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor in Managing People and Organisations, University of Sydney
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Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Research Associate, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford
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Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor at the Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark
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Director, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Professor of Employment Relations and Director of the Work, Organisation and Employment Relations Research Centre (WOERRC), University of Sheffield
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Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University