Prospects for closing the gap in a recession

Revisiting the role of macroeconomic factors in Indigenous employment

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25 May 2009This short paper discusses some of the issues of current adverse macroeconomic conditions on a small segment of the national population, Indigenous Australians. Like other disadvantaged minorities they may be particularly susceptible to the prospect of large increases in unemployment and reductions in national wealth, but with a few notable exceptions such issues have been rarely discussed.

Publication typeReport
Publisher TypeAcademic research centre, APO Member
CoverageAustralia
CopyrightAustralian National University
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/14509
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