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BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – December 2021 Alan Duncan, Michael Dockery, Astghik Mavisakalyan The nation rebound meets Omicron On the heels of November’s record 366,000 job rebound after COVID-19 restrictions eased in the Eastern States, December delivered further growth of 64,800 jobs nationally. The participation rate remained unchanged over the month, so this... Read article 28 January 2022Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – November 2021 Alan Duncan, Michael Dockery, Astghik Mavisakalyan Australia’s labour market bounce is the highest ever….. The national labour market rebound has sent records tumbling. November has delivered the largest monthly increase in employment ever recorded since the current ABS labour market series began in February 1978, with... Read article 20 December 2021Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
Housing quality, remoteness and Indigenous children’s outcomes in Australia Michael Dockery In Australia, the Indigenous population disproportionately resides in more remote parts of the country, and a number of outcomes for Indigenous children decline with remoteness. It is widely accepted that inferior housing conditions, notably crowding, contribute to Indigenous disadvantage in... Read article 11 December 2021Journal Articles Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – October 2021 Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan, Astghik Mavisakalyan Job losses continue into October The latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ monthly labour force survey show the national labour market shed almost 50,000 jobs in October, following on the heels of 146,000 jobs lost in September to... Read article 15 November 2021Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mobility in Central Australia: Survey Reference Guide Volume 2 Michael Dockery, Maria Julieta Rottemberg This publication, in two parts, provides an overview of the methodology and results from the Mobility Survey undertaken for the Population Mobility and Labour Markets Project, Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation. The survey investigated temporary mobility patterns of... Read article 8 November 2021Research Reports Read More
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mobility in Central Australia: Survey Reference Guide Volume 1 Michael Dockery, Maria Julieta Rottemberg This publication, in two parts, provides an overview of the methodology and results from the Mobility Survey undertaken for the Population Mobility and Labour Markets Project, Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation. The survey investigated temporary mobility patterns of... Read article 8 November 2021Research Reports Read More
Creativity at the Crossroads? The creative industries in Western Australia Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan, Silvia Salazar, Richard Seymour, Abebe Hailemariam This report, the sixth in the Focus on Industry series provides an in-depth look at the Arts and Cultural sectors within the Western Australian economy. With the boundaries of the sector defying definition by standard statistical collections, this report takes a... Read article 24 September 2021BCEC Reports  |  Focus on Industry Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – August 2021 Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan, Astghik Mavisakalyan Lockdowns hammer the east coast labour market That employment fell in the August 2021 labour force figures for Australia came as no surprise – it was always just a question of ‘by how much’. The answer ended up being a... Read article 21 September 2021Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
Secondary students’ access to careers information: the role of socio-economic background Michael Dockery, Sherry Bawa, Jane Coffey This paper focusses on how careers advice provided to Australian secondary school students varies according to students’ socio-economic background. National data for students in Years 11 and 12 from five cohorts of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth initiated between... Read article 25 August 2021Journal Articles Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – July 2021 Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan, Astghik Mavisakalyan Lockdowns strike again in the East At the national level, the latest labour force figures can offer little more than a confirmation that the labour market had been recovering nicely until the economy was plunged into another round of lockdowns,... Read article 23 August 2021Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – June 2021 Rebecca Cassells, Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan Labour market strong in June but likely to unravel fast The latest labour force figures from the ABS revealed the continued strength of the Australian labour market, with the unemployment rate falling to a ten year low of 4.9 per... Read article 23 July 2021Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – May 2021 Rebecca Cassells, Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan Skills shortages and lockdowns: where will the labour market end up? The economic recovery that Australia has experienced from the COVID pandemic, has been nothing short of extraordinary. Like many island nations including our close neighbour New Zealand, Australia has... Read article 29 June 2021Monthly Labour Market Update Read More