Published: 25/07/2023
Welcome to the second issue of the Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) for 2020. This year Australia, like every country in the world has experienced one of the biggest shocks to its economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic with enormous impacts on the labour market. Given its importance we have made this issue of AJLE a Special Issue devoted to the effects of COVID-19 on the Australian labour market.
Full Issue
Message from Managing Editor
From the Managing Editor
Abstract 18 | PDF Downloads 5Page i-iii
Articles
JobKeeper: The efficacy of Australia’s first short-time wage subsidy
Abstract 41 | PDF Downloads 87Page 99-128
Early estimates of the impact of COVID-19 disruptions on jobs, wages, and lifetime earnings of schoolchildren in Australia
Abstract 12 | PDF Downloads 16Page 129-152
Measuring the impacts of COVID-19 on job postings in Australia using a reweighting-estimation-transformation approach
Abstract 8 | PDF Downloads 31Page 153-172
Scarring effects
Abstract 26 | PDF Downloads 64Page 173-188
How might COVID-19 affect the Indigenous labour market?
Abstract 19 | PDF Downloads 21Page 189-210
The urgent need for tax reform in Australia in the COVID-19 world
Abstract 28 | PDF Downloads 38Page 211-229
The Proposed Job-ready Graduate Package: a misguided arrow missing its target
Abstract 102 | PDF Downloads 42Page 231-251