Part Time Employment: The Australian Experience

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Preprint 01 Jan 2008 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

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Authors: Joanna Abhayaratna; Les Andrews; Hudan Nuch; Troy Podbury;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.1159594

Part Time Employment: The Australian Experience

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Abstract

This paper aims to provide an overview of the changing role of part-time work in Australia and was released on 12 June 2008. The objectives of the paper are to: * Provide a comparison of part-time work in Australia and overseas, and possible reasons for our relatively high reliance on this form of work. * Present an assessment of the changing role of part-time work in Australia. * Identify groups that are availing themselves of part-time work and industries that have higher proportions of part-time workers and how these have been changing over time.

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Australian Government
Australia
Australian Productivity Commission
Australia

Keywords

workforce; labour market; part time work; casual work, jel: jel:J

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