The Diversity of Casual Contract Employment

CONTENTS

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Acknowledgments, Glossary, Key messages, Overview

1 Introduction

2 Selecting an appropriate data source
2.1 Problems with the ABS definition of a casual employee
2.2 Forms of Employment Survey (FOES)
2.3 FOES confidentialised unit record file (CURF)

3 Conceptual issues and institutional background
3.1 Job traits associated with lower employee welfare
3.2 Institutional arrangements

4 Quantitative analysis
4.1 Personal characteristics
4.2 Employment characteristics
4.3 Summary of descriptive results
4.4 Qualitative summary of econometric results

5 Concluding comments
5.1 Differences among casual contract employees
5.2 Implications

A Details of Econometric Analysis

References