Unemployment rates have risen in Australia while falling in the US. But Australia has experienced a much smaller decline in the proportion of its population who are in work.
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Unlike other age groups, 16- to 24-year-olds haven’t recovered the job losses they suffered during the Great Recession. Spurring investment and growth are key to getting them back to work.
Housing and wages loom as stubborn problems that could bring our economy unstuck in the year ahead.
Young and old job seekers use the same methods to look for work, but young people have the highest unemployment rates.
Government is about to be disrupted by technology in the same manner as major industries. It’s about time.
Unemployment levels are low, but many people are being pushed into inadequately paid jobs by a punitive benefit system and lack of choice.
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer, Research School of Economics, and Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
