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The social wage and the Accord in Australia

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  • Warren Pat Hogan
  • Susan Elizabeth King

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This paper provides an appraisal of the Social Wage aspects of the wages and incomes policies pursued in Australia between 1983 and 1996, when wage fixing arrangements were known as the Accord, being descriptive of consensus between Government, Labor and Business. The Accord is shown to have been effective in redistributing income between households, but not to the household sector. These conclusions are contradicted by National Accounts showing strong real growth over the Accord period. Official income measures are analysed to validate the appraisal. The appraisal is timely given current Maastricht discussions on social implications of wages and incomes policies.

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  • Warren Pat Hogan & Susan Elizabeth King, 1999. "The social wage and the Accord in Australia," Global Business and Economics Review, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(1), pages 93-107.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:gbusec:v:1:y:1999:i:1:p:93-107
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