The Growth of Non-Traditional Employment: Are Jobs Becoming More Precarious?
Staff research paper
The Growth of Non-Traditional Employment: Are Jobs Becoming More Precarious? by Greg Murtough and Matthew Waite was released on 26 July 2000. The paper investigates whether Australian labour statistics adequately capture the diverse characteristics of 'non-traditional' employment. The intention is to facilitate a more informed debate about the growing relative importance of non-traditional employment. Also see:
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- Fixed-Term Employees in Australia: Incidence and Characteristics
- The Diversity of Casual Contract Employment,
- Unemployment and Re-Employment of Displaced Workers
- Productivity and the Structure of Employment
- Aspects of Structural Change in Australia
- Youth Wages and Employment
- Small Business Employment
CONTENTS
Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Acknowledgements, Key points
1 Introduction
2 Definitions used for ABS labour statistics
A closer look at the definition of casuals
3 Would the true casual workers please stand up?
4 What do the new Australian data tell us?
Precariousness
5 International comparison of survey methods
United States
Canada
European Union
International Labour Organisation
6 Causes of non-traditional employment growth
7 Concluding comments
References
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