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Improving Employment Retention and Advancement of Low-Paid Workers

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  • Daniel Perkins

    (Brotherhood of St Laurence)

  • Rosanna Scuttella

    (University of Melbourne)

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Little is known in Australia as to whether the types of jobs that disadvantaged jobseekers are encouraged to enter do actually provide the basis for a ‘successful’ transition into the labour market. At the very least, this ‘successful’ transition would consist of being able to retain employment. Ideally, it would then lead to career advancement and wage progression. This study outlines the support provided by existing employment assistance programs to enable disadvantaged job seekers to make such a transition, then uses the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey to examine the extent to which low-skilled jobseekers both retain employment and then advance. Aggregate figures highlight problems with jobseekers retaining employment with at least circumstantial evidence of a ‘low-pay no-pay’ cycle in the Australian labour market. We conclude that to improve employment retention and advancement of the low-skilled, current employment assistance programs should be expanded to include a range of retention and advancement strategies that have been developed in the US and the UK.

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  • Daniel Perkins & Rosanna Scuttella, 2008. "Improving Employment Retention and Advancement of Low-Paid Workers," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 11(1), pages 97-114.
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    1. Hielke Buddelmeyer & Wang‐Sheng Lee & Mark Wooden, 2010. "Low‐Paid Employment and Unemployment Dynamics in Australia," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 86(272), pages 28-48, March.
    2. Deborah A. Cobb‐Clark & Lihini De Silva, 2021. "Participation, Unemployment, and Wages," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 54(4), pages 482-493, December.
    3. Lixin Cai, 2015. "The dynamics of low pay employment in Australia," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 36(7), pages 1095-1123, October.
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    5. Jennifer Baxter & Jennifer Renda, 2011. "Lone and couple mothers in the Australian labour market: differences in employment transitions," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 14(2), pages 103-122.
    6. Lixin Cai, 2014. "State-Dependence and Stepping-Stone Effects of Low-Pay Employment in Australia," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 90(291), pages 486-506, December.

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