A major economic impact on Australia of the rise of Asia has been through the resources sector. Australia is experiencing the biggest and most sustained resources boom in its history, and over the past decade has sustained economic growth well in advance of its developed country comparators. The...

In this paper, the author focuses on labour market and economic reforms and their impact on economic growth, employment and wage outcomes in the longer term. To make the task more manageable the paper described the economic growth experiences of four English speaking countries. The author looks...

There are many dimensions along which changing labour market income could be explored. The author chooses to direct attention to the changes that are occuring among males of different ages. The changes in Australia are very large. Changes of a similar magnitude are occuring in the UK and...

This paper outlines some of the more important associations between aggregate employment changes and children.