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Title
A 21st century solution to skill shortages in Australia
Author/Creator
Quirk, Victor
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Research Division, Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE)
Description
This paper argues for specific, major, institutional reforms capable of building a high-skilled internationally competitive labour force in Australia. It argues for replacing the current policy of maintaining labour underutilisation as a productivity driver, with a national system of counter-cyclical public sector employment (Job Guarantee) and skills formation infrastructure, organised on a regional basis. The first section introduces the issue of Australia's deficient skill formation capacity. Sections 2 & 3 summarise deficits in key labour market institutions, the Job Network and the tertiary education sector. Section 4 highlights the chronic failure of the private sector to provide supervised opportunities for novices to undertake skilled work. Section 5 argues that the state has a unique responsibility to act, while section 6 proposes necessary components of an institutional framework. The conclusion addresses the political question of opposition to full employment.
Relation
Labour Underutilisation, Skills Shortages and Social Inclusion: Incorporating the 10th Path to Full Employment Conference and 15th National Conference on Unemployment. Labour Underutilisation, Skills Shortages and Social Inclusion: Incorporating the 10th Path to Full Employment Conference and 15th National Conference on Unemployment: Proceedings (Callaghan, N.S.W. 4-5 December 2008) p. 169-184
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http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/conferences/2008/index.cfm
Date
2008
Publisher
Centre of Full Employment and Equity, University of Newcastle
Keyword(s)
labour force;  reforms;  labour underutilisation;  productivity;  Job Network;  tertiary education sector;  labour market institutions
Resource Type
conference paper
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/802720
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ISBN:9780980503548
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