Underemployment in Australia: Evidence from the HILDA Survey

While there are a number of different dimensions to underemployment, it is generally conceived in terms of insufficiency in the volume of work leading to some workers being unable to work as many hours as they would like. That is, underemployment occurs when employed persons would like to work more hours at the prevailing wage rates than they actually work. Using information collected by the HILDA survey, this project seeks to assess the extent, significance and incidence of the problem of underemployment in Australia.

Funded by: Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services.

The final report was completed in March 2004.

The Melbourne Institute contact for this project is Dr Roger Wilkins.

Research papers arising from the project:

No.	Melbourne Institute Working Paper Title
16/2004 16/2006	The Extent and Consequences of Underemployment in Australia. PDF format (373K) Personal and Job Characteristics Associated with Underemployment. PDF format (242K)