New research finds economists and policymakers are too focussed on the unemployment rate and not on the quality of jobs young people are doing.
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Rejecting precarious work signals dissatisfaction with a labour market where wage employment rarely offers security or social mobility.
Whether you’re a reporter, a teacher or a nurse, it’s becoming more difficult to find meaning in your work.
We look back to the 2013 Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1,124 people and discuss how much — or how little — has changed for garment-worker conditions today.
‘Formidable’ writer and inequality activist Barbara Ehrenreich – author of Nickel and Dimed – has died, aged 81. Barbara Pocock celebrates her legacy.
Through their attempts to assist miners with their daily needs, Zambian unions enable lower wages and worse working conditions.
Past research has possibly overstated the likelihood of climbing up the income ladder for low-paid workers.
Black Americans were left especially vulnerable to the economic impact of COVID-19 and history shows it will take them longer to rebound.
Unions should move their focus away from traditional collective bargaining and instead embrace new ways to attract new members, such as by offering discounted benefits and engaging in more advocacy.
Paid employment is no longer a guarantee that workers will earn enough to cover their basic needs and become relatively secure financially. Hence the global phenomenon of the working poor.
Go beyond the corporate jargon to really understand the freedom and challenges that come with being a digital nomad.
Two experts argue for and against government intervention when it comes to fixing low wage growth.
If the RBA continues to sacrifice its inflation target on the altar of financial stability risks, inflation expectations and our wages growth will continue to languish.
The unemployment rate is now at its lowest level in 17 years and is very close to a 50-year low. Does that mean we’re at full employment?
Research shows early childhood educators are among the lowest-paid Australians, with some finding better pay in other fields such as night-time retail work.
Trump touted his administration’s economic successes and laid out his immigration plan in an 80-minute speech to Congress. Our experts weigh in.
Although over 200 CEOs have promised to share windfalls from the recent tax cut with their employers – something the president is likely to bring up in the State of the Union – research suggests workers aren’t holding their breath.
Government is about to be disrupted by technology in the same manner as major industries. It’s about time.
Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable claims there is no evidence that immigration impacts wages. Is he right?
There are two ways that international competition can reduce wages. Both are effects of globalisation.
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Professor in Public Policy and Society, University of Toronto
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Program Director, Trade and Investment, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Professor of Employment Relations & HR Management, University of Birmingham
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Professor in the Department of Economics, UCL
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Professor of Management - Negotiations, Melbourne Business School
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Professor and Head of School, School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Sydney
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Reader in Law, Univeristy of Manchester, University of Manchester
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Professor, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Emeritus Professor of Economics (Griffith University) and Teaching Associate (University of Queensland), Griffith University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Merced