Labour Market Dynamics

Research under this category is concerned primarily with labour outcomes and includes, but is not restricted to, issues such as employment and unemployment dynamics, transitions in and out of different types of employment, changing working time arrangements and preferences, pay dynamics, and labour supply decisions.

Publications

Forthcoming

• McVicar, D., Wooden, M., Leung, F., and Li, N.
  'Work-related Training and the Probability of Transitioning from Non-standard to Permanent Employment'
  British Journal of Work, Environment and Health, (accepted 4 February 2016).

2016

 

2015

• Angrave, D., Charlwood, A. and Wooden, M.
  'Long Working Hours and Physical Activity'
  Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, (forthcoming).
• Buddelmeyer, H., McVicar, D., and Wooden, M.
  'Non-Standard “Contingent” Employment and Job Satisfaction: A Panel Data Analysis'
  Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, vol. 54, no. 2, issue April, pp. 256-275.

2014

• Angrave, D., Charlwood, A. and Wooden, M.
  'Working Time and Cigarette Smoking: Evidence from Australia and the United Kingdom'
  Social Science and Medicine, vol. 112, pp. 72–79.
• Buddelmeyer, H., McVicar, D. and Wooden, M.
  'Non-Standard "Contingent" Employment and Job Satisfaction: A Panel Data Analysis'
  Industrial Relations Journal, vol. 54, no. 2., pp. 256–275.
• McGuinness, S., Hahn, M. and Wooden, M.
  'The Perceived Probability of Job Loss and Future Labour Market Outcomes'
  Industrial Relations Journal, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 329–347.

2013

• Buddelmeyer, H., McVicar, D. and Wooden, M.
  'Non-Standard ‘Contingent’ Employment and Job Satisfaction: A Panel Data Analysis'
  IZA Discussion Paper No. 7590, (also Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series No. 29/13)
• Fok, Y.K., Jeon, S.H. and Wilkins, R.
  'Does Part-Time Employment Help or Hinder Australian Lone Mothers’ Movements into Full-Time Employment?'
  Oxford Economic Papers, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 523–547.
• Fok, Y.K., Scutella, R. and Wilkins, R.
  'The Low-Pay No-Pay Cycle in Australia—Are There Systematic Differences across Demographic Groups?'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 32/13
• Hahn, M. and Wilkins, R.
  'Perceived Job Discrimination in Australia: Its Correlates and Consequences'
  Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Working Paper No. 9/13, (also Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 43–64.
• Wilkins, R. and Wooden, M.
  'Gender Differences in Rates of Job Dismissal: Why Are Men More Likely to Lose Their Jobs?'
  Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 582–608.

2011

• Buddelmeyer, H. and Wooden, M.
  'Transitions Out of Casual Employment: The Australian Experience'
  Industrial Relations Journal, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 109-130.
• Wilkins, R. and Wooden, M.
  'Gender Differences in Rates of Job Dismissal: Why Are Men More Likely to Lose Their Jobs?'
  IZA Discussion Paper No. 6225.
• Wilkins, R. and Wooden, M.
  'Measuring Minimum Award Wage Reliance in Australia: The HILDA Survey Experience'
  Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Working Paper No. 11/11.

2010

• Buddelmeyer, H., Lee, W.-S. and Wooden, M.
  'Low-Paid Employment and Unemployment Dynamics in Australia'
  Economic Record, vol. 86, no. 272, pp. 28–48.
• Drago, R. and Wooden, M.
  'Work Hours Mismatch in the United States and Australia'
  in K. Christensen and Schneider (eds),Workplace Flexibility: Realigning 20th-Century Jobs for a 21st-Century Workforce, Cornell University Press, New York, pp. 262275.
• Wooden, M.
  'An Unfair Safety Net?'
  Australian Bulletin of Labour, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 321-326.

2009

• Buddelmeyer, H., Lee, W. and Wooden, M.
  'Low-Paid Employment and Unemployment Dynamics in Australia'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 6/09.
• Drago, R., Wooden, M. and Black, D.
  'Long Work Hours: Volunteers and Conscripts'
  British Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 571–600.
• Drago, R., Wooden, M. and Black, D.
  'Who Wants and Gets Flexibility? Changing Work Hours Preferences and Life Events'
  Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 394–414.
• Fok, Y.K., Jeon, S. and Wilkins, R.
  'Does Part-Time Employment Help or Hinder Lone Mothers' Movements into Full-Time Employment?'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 25/09.
• McGuinness, S. and Wooden, M.
  'Overskilling, Job Insecurity and Career Mobility: Evidence from Australia'
  Industrial Relations Journal, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 265–286.
• Wooden, M. and Drago, R.
  'The Changing Distribution of Working Hours in Australia'
  in J. Corbett, A. Daly, H. Matsushige and D. Taylor (eds), Laggards and Leaders in Labour Market Reform: Comparing Japan and Australia, Routledge, Oxon, pp. 6781.
• Wooden, M., Warren, D., and Drago, R.
  'Working Time Mismatch and Subjective Well-being'
  British Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 147–179.

2008

• Buddelmeyer, H. and Wooden, M.
  'Transitions from Casual Employment in Australia'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 7/08.
• Scutella, R. and Wooden, M.
  'The Effects of Household Joblessness on Mental Health'
  Social Science and Medicine, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 88–100.
• Warren, D.
  'Retirement Expectations and Labour Force Transitions: The Experience of the Baby Boomer Generation'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 24/08.
• Wooden, M. and Warren, D.
  'Paid Annual Leave and Working Hours: Evidence from the HILDA Survey'
  Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 664–670.

2007

• Mavromaras, K., McGuinness, S. and Wooden, M.
  'Overskilling in the Australian Labour Market'
  Australian Economic Review, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 307–312.
• McGuinness, S. and Wooden, M.
  'Overskilling, Job Insecurity and Career Mobility'
  IZA Discussion Paper No. 2938.
• McGuinness, S. and Wooden, M.
  'Overskilling, Job Insecurity and Career Mobility: Evidence from Australia'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 9/07.
• Warren, D. and Oguzoglu, U.
  'Retirement in Australia: A Closer Look at the Financial Incentives'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 24/07.
• Wilkins, R.
  'The Consequences of Underemployment for the Underemployed'
  Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 247–275.
• Wooden, M. and Drago, B.
  'The Changing Distribution of Working Hours in Australia'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 19/07.
• Wooden, M., Warren, D. and Drago, R.
  'Working Time Mismatch and Subjective Well-Being'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 29/07.
• Wooden, M. and Warren, D.
  'Paid Annual Leave and Working Hours'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 20/07.
• Wooden, M., Wilkins, R. and McGuinness, S.
  'Minimum Wages and the Working Poor'
  Economic Papers, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 295–307.

2006

• Buddelmeyer, H., Wooden, M. and Ghantous, S.
  'Transitions from Casual Employment in Australia'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research, Report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations under the Social Policy Research Services Agreement (2005–2009), December.
• Drago, R., Wooden, M. and Black, D.
  'Who Wants Flexibility? Changing Work Hours Preferences and Life Events'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 19/06.
• Drago, R., Wooden, M. and Black, D.
  'Long Work Hours: Volunteers and Conscripts'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 27/06.
• Headey, B. and Verick, S.
  'Jobless Households: Longitudinal Analysis of the Persistence and Determinants of Joblessness using HILDA Data for 2001–03'
  Melbourne Institute Report No. 7, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, November.
• Warren, D.
  'Aspects of Retirement for Older Women'
  Australian Government Office for Women Report.
• Wilkins, R.
  'Personal and Job Characteristics Associated with Underemployment'
  Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 371–393.
• Wilkins, R.
  'Personal and Job Characteristics Associated with Underemployment'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 16/06.

2005

• Drago, R., Black, D. and Wooden, M.
  'Female Breadwinner Families: Their Existence, Persistence and Sources'
  Journal of Sociology, vol. 41, December, pp. 343–362.
• Drago, R., Black, D. and Wooden, M.
  'The Persistence of Long Work Hours'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 12/05. (also IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 1720)
• Drago, R., Tseng, Y. and Wooden, M.
  'Usual and Preferred Working Hours in Couple Households'
  Journal of Family Studies, vol. 11, April, pp. 46–61.
• Tseng, Y. and Wooden M.
  'Preferred vs Actual Hours in Couple Households'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 7/05.

2004

• Drago, R., Black, D. and Wooden, M.
  'Female Breadwinner Families: Their Existence, Persistence and Sources'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 19/04.
• Drago, R., Black, D. and Wooden, M.
  'Gender and Work Hours Transitions in Australia: Drop Ceilings and Trap-Door Floors'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 11/04.
• Drago, R., Tseng, Y. and Wooden, M.
  'Family Structure, Usual and Preferred Working Hours, and Egalitarianism in Australia'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 1/04.
• Scutella, R. and Wooden, M.
  'Jobless Households in Australia: Incidence, Characteristics and Financial Consequences'
  Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 14, January, pp. 187–207.
• Wilkins, R.
  'The Extent and Consequences of Underemployment in Australia'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 16/04.
• Wooden, M. and Warren, D.
  'Non–standard Employment and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from the HILDA Survey'
  Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 46, September, pp. 275–297.

2003

• Wooden, M. and Warren, D.
  'The Characteristics of Casual and Fixed-Term Employment: Evidence from the HILDA Survey'
  Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper Series No. 15/03.