Indigenous Australians in the labour market: historical trends and future prospects
Indigenous Australians as a group occupy a well-documented position of economic marginality in Australia. Even though totalling a small proportion of the population (less than 2 per cent) their low economic status bedevils policy makers and continues to appear intractable. This paper sets out to trace historical trends in the labour force status of Indigenous Australians compared to all Australians, using a five-yearly Census of Population and Housing, the only data set available as a source. The authors trace developments over the period 1971 (when Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders were ... Show more
Authors: Altman, Jon; Daly, Anne
Published: Richmond, Victoria, Blackwell Publishing, 1995
Resource type: Article
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