Bob Gregory argues that unemployment has been at unacceptable levels for at least the last twenty five years and is probably Australia's most serious economic and social problem.

The use of self assessed health status as a measure of health is common in empirical research. Thomas F Crossley and Steven Kennedy analyse a unique Australian survey in which a significant number of respondents changed their assessment of health status after being administered an additional set of health-related questions.

The high rates of youth unemployment experienced in a number of OECD economies has raised concerns about the effect of this on subsequent earnings. Using the Australian Youth Survey (AYS) a longitudinal survey of Australian youth, Mathew Gray estimates the effects of unemployment on subsequent hourly and weekly earnings. The estimates suggest that, when unobserved...