Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series Database (1984 - 2010)

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 16/2000

Disaggregated Models of Unemployment in Australia

by

Jeff Borland

Date: September 2000

Abstract: This paper reviews evidence on causes of unemployment in Australia from disaggregated modelling of the labour market. Three main types of modelling are considered. First, information on unemployment rates of labour force participants with different skills is presented, and analyses that seek to explain why unemployment varies between skill groups are described. Second, descriptive evidence on unemployment rates by state and neighbourhood is presented, and possible causes of regional differences in unemployment rates are assessed. Third, descriptive information on the distribution of unemployed persons by duration of unemployment spell is presented, and studies of the determinants of the duration of unemployment spells are summarised.

 

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