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Alison Preston
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Gender (in)equality in participation and opportunity: the case of Australia
In the recent Global Gender Gap Report released by the World Economic Forum (W.E.F.) Australia, along with New Zealand, were highlighted as “leaders in closing the gender gap”. Based on the W.E.F’s benchmarking tool, the Gender Gap Index (G.G.I.), Australia achieved a rank of 15...
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Gender pay differentials in low-paid employment (II)
This report examines the gender composition of industry and occupational sectors and analyses recent trends. It explores the role of minimum wages in shaping gender pay differentials and provides quantitative analysis of the possible causes of observed differences in the earnings of Australian men and...
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Women and WorkChoices: impacts on the low pay sector
This report analyses qualitative findings about the impact of WorkChoices on women workers most of whom are on minimum wages.This report analyses qualitative findings about the impact of WorkChoices on women workers most of whom are on minimum wages.
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AWAs, collective agreements and earnings: beneath the aggregate data
In introducing the ‘WorkChoices’ reforms, the federal government argued that they would encourage increased wages, particularly through Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs). Using unpublished data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Employee Earnings and Hours (EEH) Survey for May 2006 (released March 2007), this report...