Indigenous Labour Supply Constraints in the West Kimberley

dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Johnen_AU
dc.contributor.otherAustralian National University. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Researchen_AU
dc.coverage.spatialAustralia
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-26T05:11:13Z
dc.date.available2018-07-26T05:11:13Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThe West Kimberley is the latest region in Western Australia poised to reap huge benefits from a super-cycle of resource exploitation. Labour demand is at an all-time high and challenges in securing an adequate labour supply are already emerging. Juxtaposed is an Indigenous population that has sizeable cohorts moving into working-age groups but is poorly situated to share in the benefits of economic growth for want of adequate capacities to participate. As a companion to CAEPR Working Paper 35, this paper examines a set of supply-side issues that undermine successful Indigenous participation. These are more wide-ranging than just the skill-set brought to the labour market, and include many of the factors that underpin the very acquisition of such skills in the first place. Importantly, they include key points of intersection between Indigenous peoples and government policy. Three of these are examined here: housing, health and interaction with the criminal justice system. Essential background to the analysis is provided by examining recent change to that most fundamental element of labour supply, namely the size and composition of the regional working-age population.en_AU
dc.format.extent55 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.isbn0-7315-4938-4
dc.identifier.issn1442-3871
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/145664
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.provenancePermission to deposit in Open Research received from CAEPR (ERMS2230079)en_AU
dc.publisherCanberra, ACT : Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), The Australian National University
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Paper (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), The Australian National University); No. 39
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyrighten_AU
dc.titleIndigenous Labour Supply Constraints in the West Kimberleyen_AU
dc.typeWorking/Technical Paperen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.identifier.absfor169902 - Studies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Societyen_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu1027010en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://caepr.anu.edu.au/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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