Students with lower ATARs generally have lower lifetime earnings. But a Grattan Institute report found low ATAR men could earn more doing a VET course than a bachelor degree in their chosen field.
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Attitudes to retirement can influence decisions to save and plan for it. In turn, factors such as stress or lack of interest at work can impact attitudes towards retirement.
Studying maths is likely to make you smarter and more employable.
State governments are leading the charge against opioid makers over their role in the epidemic. A team of researchers at Penn State examined just how much the crisis has cost them.
The official figures show things are fine, but Australia’s most comprehensive tracking survey finds the typical household is worse off than ten years ago.
Amazon’s plan to invest $700 million retraining its workforce signals very soon all jobs will be STEM jobs – and higher education needs to play a bigger role.
A growing number of jobs are becoming less stable, with fewer benefits and stagnating wages. This is taking a significant toll on the psychological health of workers.
Properly executed, government intervention can provide a real economic boost.
The Fed said it’s ready to act to ‘sustain the expansion.’ The latest jobs report suggests it may have to act soon.
An economist explains why the long-term drop in the participate rate is an even bigger problem for the US economy than the May slowdown in jobs growth.
Paid employment is no longer a guarantee that workers will earn enough to cover their basic needs and become relatively secure financially. Hence the global phenomenon of the working poor.
Bias, stereotypes and other rules of thumb influence how people think about you – even based on your name.
Social housing providers can help people get into work, with tailored, long-term support.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has revived a presidential advisory unit shut down by his predecessor. He needs it if he is to use his power effectively to improve his government’s policy coherence.
Australia’s Fair Work Commission concluded that cutting penalty rates would create more jobs. Our research suggests it was wrong.
New research suggests women-led startups can experience more rapid employment growth than those run by men in certain scenarios.
Tackling the gender pay gap must take into account the way that part-time workers are treated.
White men have historically and disproportionately held official, managerial and professional occupations. But women and people of color are slowly gaining.
How Indonesia can improve its policy on the future on work
From Ford to Facebook, companies have long used benefits to mold employee behavior – even incentivizing the ‘right’ kind of lifestyle.
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor of Employment Relations & HR Management, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
