Australia
Australia has enjoyed a relatively low and declining unemployement rate. However, under a system where one hour of income-producing activity per week is counted as employment, there is a high incidence of underemloyment and an expansion of the informal economy. The number of women in part-time and casual jobs is double that of men. Although there has been an overall increase in real wage growth, there is a presistant 15 point gender wage gap with women on the low end.
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Source:
NILS
National Institute
of Labour Studies
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Telephone: +61 8 8201 2642
E-mail: joshua.healy@flinders.edu.au
Web: http://www.flinders.edu.au/nils/
Report posted 6 July 2006.
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