The determinants of major forms of work in Australia

Supporting research project

Background

The Commission has previously published research that examined the characteristics of workers engaged in different forms of work in the labour market. Self-Employed Contractors in Australia: Incidence and Characteristics (Waite and Will 2001), and The Role of Non-Traditional Work in the Australian Labour Market (PC 2006) identified several trends in the share of workers engaged as non-traditional employees and self-employed contractors.

This project will build on this work by investigating factors that influence the mix of forms of working arrangements in the Australian economy.

Objectives of the study

The main objective of the project is to produce an updated representation of the prevalence and characteristics of various forms of working arrangements.

See also

• More supporting research projects on labour markets