Influences on Indigenous Labour Market Outcomes

Staff working paper

This staff working paper examines factors that potentially influence Indigenous labour market outcomes (LMOs).

The paper is authored by Annie Savvas, Clare Boulton and Ellie Jepsen and was released on 5 December 2011.

Preliminaries (PDF - 293 Kb)
- Cover, Copyright, Contents, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations and Glossary
Key points (PDF - 114 Kb)
Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF - 258 Kb)
- 1.1 Policy context — an integrated, multidimensional approach to targeting Indigenous disadvantage
- 1.2 What labour market outcomes are examined?
- 1.3 Recent history of Indigenous labour market outcomes
- 1.4 Why do empirical analysis?
- 1.5 Outline of the study
Chapter 2 Analytical framework and literature (PDF - 151 Kb)
- 2.1 What influences labour market outcomes?
- 2.2 Literature review
Chapter 3 Econometric model (PDF - 209 Kb)
- 3.1 Benefits of regression analysis
- 3.2 Model selection
- 3.3 Interpretation of results
- 3.4 Econometric issues
Chapter 4 Data and variables (PDF - 217 Kb)
- 4.1 ABS 2008 NATSISS
- 4.2 Explanatory variables
- 4.3 Some data limitations
Chapter 5 Results and discussion (PDF - 205 Kb)
- 5.1 Associations with health and disability
- 5.2 Associations with educational attainment
- 5.3 Associations with personal and demographic characteristics
- 5.4 Associations with social and cultural factors
Chapter 6 Conclusion (PDF - 147 Kb)
Appendix A (PDF - 232 Kb)
Appendix A (XLS - 232 Kb)
References (PDF - 156 Kb)

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