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Jobs in a new labour market: changes in type and distribution

Policy Research Paper 15 / Alan Jordan. August 2001

Exploring the employment trends in Australia over the last 30 years, this paper suggests that the statistics recorded during this period were misleading, and created unfounded concern over employment security. Instead, the author suggests (a) statistics show a transition from one steady state of the economy and labour market to another steady state over the last thirty years and (b) changes in the economy and labour market were regular and reflected world wide trends.

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