One important indicator of the successful assimilation of migrants is their relative success in finding employment in different labour market conditions. In this paper, Prem Thapa analyses the risk of unemployment among male immigrants compared to native-born Australians for two different periods in which overall labour market characteristics and the pool of immigrants differed considerably.

The Department of Social Security makes, or has made in the past, a number of payments for able bodied workforce aged people. This paper traces the history of each of these payments from their introduction to the present day. A brief history is provided to put the various payments into a broader context. A series...

This paper investigates social divisions and the spatial patterns that result from differential levels of engagement with jobs and housing markets in a contemporary Australian urban setting.

This discussion paper examines the change in values informing public policy in Australia over the last 25 years, and its negative impact on society. The authors argue that since the neoliberal policy framework is unable to effectively balance economic and social goals, governments need to go beyond the present short-term economic outlook and be more...

The headline unemployment figures published each month are used by policy makers, the Reserve Bank, and others to follow trends in Australia's unemployment levels. As is often suspected, these figures only tell part of the unemployment story. This paper shows that if we were to include hidden unemployment in the statistics, we would have an...