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TOPIC 3 LABOUR MARKET

Demand and Supply of Labour

Demand for labour by individual firms
  • Labour - a derived demand
  • Factors affecting demand
Supply of labour
  • Factors affecting the supply of labour: pay/remuneration, working conditions, human capital, occupational and geographic mobility, participation rate
The Australian workforce
  • Definition of the workforce
  • General characteristics of the workforce

Labour market outcomes

Differences in incomes from work
  • Wage outcomes by income and occupational groups, age, gender and cultural background
  • Trends in distribution of income over time
  • Non wage outcomes for different occupations
  • Arguments for and against a more equitable distribution of income from work
Labour market trends
  • Unemployment/underemployment
  • Part time work
  • Casualisation of work
  • Outsourcing
  • Contractors
  • Sub contracting

Labour market institutions

  • Unions
  • Employer associations
  • Current employment/industrial structures
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          • Inputs
          • Transformation processes
          • Outputs
        • Strategies
      • Marketing >
        • Role of marketing
        • Influences
        • Process
        • Strategies
      • Finance >
        • Role of Financial Management
        • Influences
        • Processes
        • Strategies
      • Human Resources >
        • Role of human resource management
        • Influences
        • Processes
        • Strategies
        • Effectiveness
    • Preliminary Business Studies >
      • Nature of Business >
        • Role of business
        • Types of businesses
        • Influences
        • Business growth and decline
      • Business Management >
        • Nature of management
        • Management approaches
        • Management process
        • Management and change
      • Business Planning >
        • SMEs
        • Influences
        • Business Planning Process
        • Critical Issues
    • Economics >
      • Introduction to Economics >
        • The nature of economics
        • The operation of an economy
      • Consumers and Businesses >
        • Businesses
      • Markets >
        • Demand
        • Supply
        • Market equilibrium
        • Market structures
      • Labour Market >
        • Demand and supply of labour
        • Labour market trends
      • Economic Issues >
        • Economic growth
        • Unemployment
        • Inflation
        • External Stability
        • Distribution of Income and Wealth
        • Environmental Sustainability
    • Society and Culture >
      • Course Framework
      • Research Methods
      • P1: Social and Cultural World
      • P2 Personal and Social Identity
      • P3: Intercultural Communication
      • PIP
      • H1: Social and Cultural Continuity and Change
      • H2: Popular Culture - Social Media
      • H3: Equality and Difference
    • Geography (old syllabus) >
      • Coastal Management
      • Urban Growth and Decline
      • Human Rights
  • Contact