Productivity and the structure of employment
In recent years there have been community concerns in Australia about job security and the employment implications of government reforms and other factors that enhance productivity. However, a study by the Industry Commission (IC) in 1997 indicated that although there is not a negative long-term relationship between productivity growth and employment at the aggregate level, productivity growth may affect employment in particular industries, occupations and regions. This paper builds on the earlier work by the IC and focuses on the relationships between multifactor productivity growth and the s... Show more
Authors: Barnes, Paula; Johnson, Rick; Kulys, Anthony; Hook, Scott
Australia. Productivity Commission
Published: Melbourne, Victoria, Productivity Commission, 1999
Resource type: Government report or paper
Physical description: xx, 136 p.
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