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Category Archives: Labour market
Deep recession to be quantified in June qtr National Accounts released tomorrow
Age/SMH Senior Economics Correspondent Shane Wright has written a great summary of the business indicators data released yesterday by the ABS: An economy like 2016 as sales and wages collapse. The business indicators data are pieces of the jigsaw puzzle … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy
Tagged abs, australia, coronavirus, covid-19, economy, gdp, jobkeeper, jobseeker, qld, queensland, wages
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Mining & Ag have partly shielded several Qld regions from COVID shock
As shown in my post on the latest payroll jobs data from the ABS, the regions which have fared the best in Queensland since the COVID-related economic crisis began in March are Toowoomba and Central Queensland, likely due to the … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Labour market, Mining, Toowoomba
Tagged abs, agriculture, coronavirus, covid-19, employment, jobs, mining, payrolljobs, qld, queensland, unemployment, victoria
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Thoughts on the New Normal – latest podcast episode
Regarding a new normal in a post-COVID world, in the June 2020 issue of Monocle magazine, the Editor Tyler Brule wrote: We don’t want a heavy handed ‘new normal.’ We want people to act responsibly but we also want families, … Continue reading
Posted in Health, IR, Labour market, Macroeconomy, Retail trade, Tourism, Transport
Tagged australia, bikes, coronavirus, covid-19, freelancing, gigeconomy, monocle, newnormal, podcasting, publictransport, sweden, uber, upwork, usa, wfh, workingfromhome, worklifebalance, youtubing
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Gold Coast and Inner Brisbane the worst affected Qld regions in employment terms
According to the latest regional payroll jobs data released by the ABS today, in early August employment on the Gold Coast was still 6% below the level it was mid-March, before all the major COVID-related restrictions began (see chart below). … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Labour market, Macroeconomy
Tagged abs, brisbane, coronavirus, covid-19, employment, goldcoast, hospitality, innercitybrisbane, jobs, payroll, tourism
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Qld’s regional economies & COVID-19 – video chat with Pete Faulkner
Earlier today I chatted with Pete Faulkner from Far-North-Queensland-based Conus Business Consultancy Services regarding how Queensland’s regional economies have been impacted by COVID-19. Check out the recording of our Zoom conversation below. You can download the slides we chatted about … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Cairns, Labour market, Mackay, Macroeconomy, Migration, Mining, North Queensland, Population, Tourism, Townsville, Uncategorized, Wide Bay-Burnett
Tagged australia, bundaberg, cairns, coronavirus, covid-19, fnq, gdp, goldcoast, jobs, northqld, nq, portdouglas, qld, queensland, unemployment, widebayburnett
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Premier’s border decision helps, but it’s still early days in any recovery from virus recession
The Queensland Premier’s decision to reopen the border to non-Victorian interstate travellers and to bring forward the relaxation of a range of restrictions will no doubt provide a bit of a boost to the economy (e.g. the Courier-Mail is reporting … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, interstateborder, jobkeeper, jobseeker, nsw, qld, queensland, rba, stimulus, victoria, zombiefirms
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Aussie unemployment & underemployment video
In my latest video, I expand on my post from last Monday True Queensland unemployment rate around 12% and discuss just how bad the Australian labour market is at the moment. Thanks to those readers who commented on the post … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, australia, coronavirus, covid-19, jobs, queensland, underemployment, underemploymentrate, underutilisation, unemploymentrate
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True Qld unemployment rate around 12%
The true Queensland unemployment rate is around 12% rather than the official 7.9%. I’m not suggesting the ABS is being tricky. The ABS is accurately applying the internationally accepted Labour Force Statistics methodology. But we must look beyond the ABS … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy
Tagged abs, australia, coronavirus, covid-19, jobseeker, qld, queensland, underutilisation, unemployment, unemploymentrate
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Official Qld unemployment rate of 7.9% doesn’t tell the full story
It’s obvious the official unemployment rate figures from the ABS are understating the true unemployment rate due to large numbers of people having left the labour force, evidenced by the collapse in the workforce participation rate. The official estimates for … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, australia, coronavirus, covid-19, jobs, lfs, participationrate, qld, queensland, unemployment, unemploymentrate
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Gender pay gap recap – latest podcast episode
Andrew Leigh MP’s Inequality Bites video Underpaid & Over It prompted me to have another look at the gender pay gap in my latest Economics Explained podcast episode. Resources mentioned in the episode include: Blau and Kahn JEL article on … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market
Tagged australia, bias, discrimination, genderpaygap, genderwagegap, industry, jobs, labourmarket, men, occupation, pay, usa, women
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