| Bib ID |
1784800 |
| Format |
Book, Online - Google Books |
| Description |
Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2002.
xiii, 278 p. ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN |
0868405418 0868405418 (pbk.)
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| Summary |
This text identifies the nature and impact of the economic and social costs of unemployment at three distinct levels: those imposed directly on unemployed people and their families; those that affect community life; and those that give rise to economy-wide effects on Australian society.
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| Full contents |
- 1. Introduction. The reality and costs of unemployment / Peter Saunders
- 2. The contours and dynamics of unemployment / Stephen Bell
- 3. Identifying and quantifying the costs of unemployment / Tony Eardley
- 4. Unemployment and family life / Janet Taylor
- 5. Youth unemployment: aggregate incidence and consequences for individuals / Bruce Chapman and Matthew Gray
- 6. An overview of the costs of indigenous unemployment / Boyd Hunter and John Taylor
- 7. What happens when you are retrenched from an old declining industry? / Michael Webber and Sally Weller
- 8. From job abundance to job scarcity: unemployment, social policy and community life, 1960s-1990s / Lois Bryson and Ian Winter
- 9. The impact of unemployment on poverty, inequality and social exclusion / Peter Saunders
- 10. The health effects of unemployment / Richard Taylor and Stephen Morrell
- 1. Introduction. The reality and costs of unemployment / Peter Saunders
- 2. The contours and dynamics of unemployment / Stephen Bell
- 3. Identifying and quantifying the costs of unemployment / Tony Eardley
- 4. Unemployment and family life / Janet Taylor
- 5. Youth unemployment: aggregate incidence and consequences for individuals / Bruce Chapman and Matthew Gray
- 6. An overview of the costs of indigenous unemployment / Boyd Hunter and John Taylor
- 7. What happens when you are retrenched from an old declining industry? / Michael Webber and Sally Weller
- 8. From job abundance to job scarcity: unemployment, social policy and community life, 1960s-1990s / Lois Bryson and Ian Winter
- 9. The impact of unemployment on poverty, inequality and social exclusion / Peter Saunders
- 10. The health effects of unemployment / Richard Taylor and Stephen Morrell
- 11. The psychological impact of unemployment / Bruce Headey
- 12. The impact of unemployment on crime / Don Weatherburn
- 13. Policies to minimise the costs of unemployment / John Nevile.
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| Notes |
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 270-271.
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| Subjects |
Unemployment - Economic aspects - Australia. | Unemployment - Social aspects - Australia.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Taylor, Richard, epidemiologist | Saunders, Peter (Peter Gordon), 1948-
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