In this paper I set some information derived from data on the gross flows of males between labour market states in Australia. The data, which is monthly, has been seasonally adjusted so as to more clearly reveal underlying trends. I begin with a brief review of the labour market for males over...

The purpose of this paper is to use a large data set comprising individual’s responses to survey questions about future economic conditions, unemployment and prices to explore lay people’s models of the economy and specifically their understanding of the relationship between unemployment and...

In this paper we look at the way in which the ABS derives gross flows data from successive Labour Force Surveys. The procedure used by the ABS is described and a measure of the 'matching rate' obtained. We develop a simple theoretical model designed to explore the relationship between the Labour...

In this paper we present new estimates of the degree of welfare loss in Australian manufacturing for the period 1982/3 - 1984/5.

In this paper, we produce some information derived from data on the gross flows of females between different labour market states in Australia. The data are monthly and seasonally adjusted to reveal underlying trends more clearly. We begin with a brief overview of the labour market for females...

This paper investigates two related matters. First, what proportion of the population is represent by the matched sample (i.e. by the gross flows data) in the Labour Force Survey, why is this proportion what it is and why does it vary over time? Second, given that slightly over 20% of the...

This article explains how movements in the unemployment rate reflect the relative rates of growth of employment and the labour force and are related to the participation rate, labour productivity growth and output growth. A framework is provided in which to analyse the determinants of movements...

A large number of empirical studies exist now for Australia reporting evidence consistent with the endogeneity of the participation rate. None of these models examine the possibility that the elasticity of the workforce with respect to employment might vary systematically over the business...

In this paper we examine the nature of disparities in regional (State) unemployment rates in Australia over the period 1978-1999 and their relationship to the national unemployment rate. As a measure of dispersion we use the sum of the (weighted) deviations of regional unemployment rates from...

This paper has examined the distributional effects of monopoly using quivalent variations. It was found that, whatever the size of the absolute welfare loss due to monopoly, there may be a substantial effect on the distribution of welfare.