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BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – August 2024
Sustained jobs growth continues to stymie rate cut hopes Monthly labour force survey estimates continue to defy expectations of a downturn in the labour market. Nationally employment increased by 47,500 persons in August. That’s the third month in a row... Read article
Sustained jobs growth continues to stymie rate cut hopes Monthly labour force survey estimates continue to defy expectations of a downturn in the labour market. Nationally employment increased by 47,500 persons in August. That’s the third month in a row... Read article
Dimensions and prevalence of decent work in Australia
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8) focuses on decent work and economic growth. It promotes decent work for the benefits it provides to individuals, businesses, investors and the economy. At the business level, these benefits include improved productivity, strengthened... Read article
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8) focuses on decent work and economic growth. It promotes decent work for the benefits it provides to individuals, businesses, investors and the economy. At the business level, these benefits include improved productivity, strengthened... Read article
Appendix: Dimensions and prevalence of decent work in Australia
APPENDIX United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8) focuses on decent work and economic growth. It promotes decent work for the benefits it provides to individuals, businesses, investors and the economy. At the business level, these benefits include improved productivity,... Read article
APPENDIX United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8) focuses on decent work and economic growth. It promotes decent work for the benefits it provides to individuals, businesses, investors and the economy. At the business level, these benefits include improved productivity,... Read article
Presentation: Gender Equity Insights 2024: The changing nature of part-time work in Australia
View the publication by lead authors Professor Alan Duncan, Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, and Dr Silvia Salazar, Senior Research Fellow, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, from the launch of the report Gender Equity Insights 2024: The changing nature of part-time work... Read article
View the publication by lead authors Professor Alan Duncan, Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, and Dr Silvia Salazar, Senior Research Fellow, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, from the launch of the report Gender Equity Insights 2024: The changing nature of part-time work... Read article
Gender Equity Insights 2024: The changing nature of part-time work in Australia
The ninth report in the BCEC|WGEA Gender Equity Insights series provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving nature of part-time work and implications of this change for the future of work in Australia, finding: Part-time roles dropped by 3.2 percentage points... Read article
The ninth report in the BCEC|WGEA Gender Equity Insights series provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving nature of part-time work and implications of this change for the future of work in Australia, finding: Part-time roles dropped by 3.2 percentage points... Read article
The contented Australian female worker: Paradox lost, paradox found
In a seminal 1997 paper, Andrew Clark observed that British women report higher job satisfaction than their male counterparts, despite generally holding inferior jobs. To become known as the ‘paradox of the contented female worker’, Clark argued this was due... Read article
In a seminal 1997 paper, Andrew Clark observed that British women report higher job satisfaction than their male counterparts, despite generally holding inferior jobs. To become known as the ‘paradox of the contented female worker’, Clark argued this was due... Read article
Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Annual Report 2023
2023 was another busy year for the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC). BCEC’s publications were widely read with almost 7,000 downloads. Media mentioning BCEC was widely consumed, reaching nearly 20 million people across television, print, radio and online. Thematically, housing... Read article
2023 was another busy year for the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC). BCEC’s publications were widely read with almost 7,000 downloads. Media mentioning BCEC was widely consumed, reaching nearly 20 million people across television, print, radio and online. Thematically, housing... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – February 2024
— Employment jumps by 116,500 workers in February, or 0.8 per cent in a single month. — — Headline unemployment rate tumbles back to 3.7 per cent, down from 4.1 per cent in January. — — Robust labour market erodes... Read article
— Employment jumps by 116,500 workers in February, or 0.8 per cent in a single month. — — Headline unemployment rate tumbles back to 3.7 per cent, down from 4.1 per cent in January. — — Robust labour market erodes... Read article
Employment and disability in Australia: Improving employment outcomes for people with disability
Employment and disability in Australia, the tenth report in the BCEC Focus on the States series, looks at improving employment outcomes for people with disability in Australia. The report reveals that there has been no improvement in employment rates for people... Read article
Employment and disability in Australia, the tenth report in the BCEC Focus on the States series, looks at improving employment outcomes for people with disability in Australia. The report reveals that there has been no improvement in employment rates for people... Read article
Easy Read: Employment and disability in Australia
This is a research report from the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. We wanted to do this research to make things better for people with disability to get a job. We also wanted to find out what is being done now... Read article
This is a research report from the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. We wanted to do this research to make things better for people with disability to get a job. We also wanted to find out what is being done now... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – November 2023
– Surprise pre-Christmas jump in full-time employment: up by 0.6% in November – – Participation rate leaps to 67.2 per cent, 0.2ppt – – MYEFO projections banking on deteriorating jobs growth in coming quarters – Jobs figures strong, but estimates... Read article
– Surprise pre-Christmas jump in full-time employment: up by 0.6% in November – – Participation rate leaps to 67.2 per cent, 0.2ppt – – MYEFO projections banking on deteriorating jobs growth in coming quarters – Jobs figures strong, but estimates... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – October 2023
– Inflation and interest rates to stay high for longer – – Labour market stubbornly resilient, as jobs grow by 55,000 nationally – – Real wages to keep falling in coming quarters – Jobs data in line with revised expectations... Read article
– Inflation and interest rates to stay high for longer – – Labour market stubbornly resilient, as jobs grow by 55,000 nationally – – Real wages to keep falling in coming quarters – Jobs data in line with revised expectations... Read article
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