A shift towards a more distributed, borderless global workforce will not necessarily lead to job losses for Canada, but it will be disruptive and require restructuring in the labour market.
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Australia’s employment growth is slowing, but the ups and downs from month to month make it hard say what happens next.
Indonesian worker protests about a new emergency regulation – issued suddenly in late 2022 to replace a controversial job creation law – look likely to continue ahead of the February 2024 election.
Even with an unemployment rate of 3.9%, wages aren’t adjusted often.
Even the government’s pledge of 1.3 million extra jobs might not be enough to keep unemployment below 4%. The pledge ought to be the unemployment rate itself.
The Way to Work scheme will increase the pressure of benefits sanctions, which is particularly damaging for women and mothers.
Evidence shows that benefits sanctions push people into worse jobs, with long term negative effects.
Freelancers who have lost work during the COVID-19 crisis can take steps to ensure they have a successful long-term career in the post-pandemic period.
Africa is far from having an ageing farming population. What is missing is a critical mass of skilled, young farmers with access to finance who could drive productivity in farming.
We estimate 39% of all jobs in Australia can be done from home, with men more likely to have teleworkable jobs.
Even in places that are now COVID-free spending remains subdued, and different.
Being flexible about both location and the nature of employment will help youth make the most of the current challenging labour market situation due to COVID-19.
Women have suffered much more than men. Many who were employed in March have withdrawn from the labour force and so aren’t counted as unemployed.
We are going to need some sort of wage subsidy well beyond six months. The best kind of subsidy would be portable.
There’s a lot the treasurer could do, but there’s an argument for leaving things as they are.
Now that Canadian youth can work part-time without becoming ineligible for government assistance, many will be incentivized to work in jobs in increased demand during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Jobkeeper is far from perfect and open to abuse. On the face of it, it supports 6.6 million wages to save 1 million jobs.
There is a strong economic case for a higher child-care subsidy to help rebuild the Australian economy after the coronavirus crisis.
The ABS is providing near real-time data like never before. It’s labour force survey remains the most authorative way of tracking the labour market.
Closing schools and childcare might take 30% of Australia’s health care workers offline. Here’s a way to keep them working.
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations and HRM, University of Newcastle
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Guelph
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, Australian National University
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Academic Convenor, Hallmark Ageing Research Initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University
