Anne Daly
Ongoing poverty amongst Indigenous households
Issue Brief 8 / 1996
In the 1990s Indigenous households continue to experience high levels of poverty in comparison with other Australian households.
Characteristics of Indigenous households
Indigenous households are complex social and economic units. They differ in important ways from other Australian households:
Do fluctuations in the Australian macroeconomy influence Aboriginal employment status?
Discussion Paper 21 / 1992
Abstract:
There is considerable evidence that the factors influencing Aboriginal employment differ from those affecting the general Australian population. This paper considers further evidence of the changes over time in Aboriginal employment as measured in the Censuses of 1971, 1976, 1981 and 1986. It asks two questions. First, has the Aboriginal population experienced different unemployment rates than the rest of the population?
The evaluation of labour market programs: some issues for Aboriginal policy formulation from experience in the United States
Discussion Paper 23 / 1992
Abstract:
This paper considers some of the major issues involved in evaluating labour market programs for Aboriginal people in the light of the extensive United States (US) literature on the topic. The paper focuses on the US experience under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), with some reference to the Training for Aboriginals Program (TAP) in Australia. It first considers the need for clearly stated objectives in the formulation of labour market programs.
The determinants of Aboriginal employment income
Discussion Paper 32 / 1992
Abstract:
According to the 1986 Census, the average Aboriginal male in full-time employment had an income which was 71 per cent of that of the average non-Aboriginal male. The gap between the incomes of the average Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal female was less by 11 percentage points.
The CDEP scheme: a census-based analysis of the labour market status of participants in 1986
Discussion Paper 36 / 1992
Abstract:
The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme was established in 1977 primarily as an income support and community development program for remote Aboriginal communities. Since the launch of the Aboriginal Employment Development Policy (AEDP) in 1987, it has expanded its objectives and is now also regarded as an employment program. Under the scheme, members of participating communities forego individual access to social security entitlements.
Education and employment for young Aborigines
Discussion Paper 38 / 1993
Abstract:
The position of young Aboriginal people in the labour market and the education system has been of great concern to policy-makers. The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, for example, drew attention to the importance of the lack of educational and employment opportunities while young in influencing the life chances of the people it reported on. Published information on this group is, however, limited. This paper aims to fill some of the gaps in knowledge concerning young Aborigines aged 15-24 years.
Self-employment amongst Aboriginal people
Discussion Paper 39 / 1993
Abstract:
Self-employment has been regarded as an important avenue for the social and economic advancement of some disadvantaged groups such as migrants. As measured by the census it has, however, remained of little importance to Aboriginal people. In 1986, only 1.3 per cent of the Aboriginal working-age population was self-employed compared with 10 per cent of other Australians of working age.
The position of older Aboriginal people in the labour market
Discussion Paper 43 / 1993
Abstract:
The focus of this paper is on the position of Aboriginal people over the age of 50 years in the labour market, as recorded in the 1986 Population Census. This group accounted for a smaller proportion of the adult Aboriginal population than this age group did in the Australian population in general. Aboriginal men and women in this age group were much less likely to be in paid employment than other Australians.
Determining the labour force status of Aboriginal people using a multinomial logit model
Discussion Paper 44 / 1993
Abstract:
It is well documented that Aboriginal people are less likely to be in employment and more likely to be unemployed or not in the labour force than are other Australians. The aim of this paper is to consider some of the reasons for these differences in the statistical framework of a multinomial regression equation.
Work and welfare for Indigenous Australians
Discussion Paper 48 / 1993
Abstract:
An issue frequently raised in the literature on the economic status of Aboriginal people is the importance of welfare transfers as a source of income, yet there is very little aggregate information documenting this. The purpose of this paper is to present the available evidence from the Population Census and administrative data sources. One estimate is based on the share of total individual income coming from those in employment.
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