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Factors Associated with Casual Employment: Evidence from the AWIRS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2023
Abstract
This article uses data from the Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Surveys conducted in 1989/90 and 1995 to examine the related questions of: (i) what are the characteristics of workers who accept casual employment; and (ii) what types of workplaces and firms are most likely to employ workers on a casual basis. The evidence presented suggests that while supply-side characteristics are not unimportant, demand-side factors appear to provide more likely explanations for changes in the overall level of casual employment.
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- Symposium on Dimensions of Precarious Employment
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- Copyright © The Author(s) 1998
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The research underlying this article was funded by a small Australian Research Council grant. The authors would like to thank Peter Dawkins, Mark Harris and an anonymous referee for helpful comments and advice.
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