The labour market status of Australian students: who is unemployed, who is working and for how many hours?

Biddle, Nicholas

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The labour market status of Australian students: who is unemployed, who is working and for how many hours?

Date

2007

Authors

Biddle, Nicholas

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

This paper looks at the factors associated with the decision by school students in Australia to work part-time. I find substantial variation in the probability of working across the eight Australian states and territories, as well as by remoteness. Those