Work rich, work poor: inequality and economic change in Australia

Over the last 10 years, average real incomes have risen and property and share markets have been buoyant in Australia. However, at the same time, some individuals and families have experienced falling incomes and greater reliance on the social security system. This monograph is a study of this national paradox, focusing on jobs and earning and the increasing inequality in the Australian labour market. The chapters are: Inequality and economic change / Jeff Borland, Bob Gregory and Peter Sheehan; Family income inequality / Nick Pappas; The causes of increased earnings inequality: the...  [+] Show more

Over the last 10 years, average real incomes have risen and property and share markets have been buoyant in Australia. However, at the same time, some individuals and families have experienced falling incomes and greater reliance on the social security system. This monograph is a study of this national paradox, focusing on jobs and earning and the increasing inequality in the Australian labour market. The chapters are: Inequality and economic change / Jeff Borland, Bob Gregory and Peter Sheehan; Family income inequality / Nick Pappas; The causes of increased earnings inequality: the international literature / Peter Sheehan; Immigrant employment and economic change in Australia / R. G. Gregory and Xin Meng; Wives and mothers: the labour-market experiences of immigrant women / Deborah A. Cobb-Clark and Marie D. Connolly; Low-paid employment in the Australian labour market, 1995-97 / Yvonne Dunlop; The polarisation of families / Andrew Burbidge and Peter Sheehan; Job stability and job security / Jeff Borland; Precarious employment and occupational change / Sally Weller and Michael Webber; Earnings inequality and skill / Nick Pappas; Technology, skills and earnings inequality: a new approach to understanding the characteristics of jobs / Peter Sheehan and Alexis Esposto.

Selected chapters are indexed from TD/TNC 70.407 to TD/TNC 70.409.