Research Discussion Paper – RDP 1999-12 Unemployment and Skills in Australia

Contents

• Introduction
• International Evidence and Theory
• The Australian Labour Market Disaggregated by Skill
• Why is Unskilled Unemployment Higher?
• Conclusions
• Appendix A: Data
• Appendix B: Steady-state Differences in Unemployment Rates
• References

I am grateful to Charlie Bean, Jeff Borland, David Gruen and Alex Heath for helpful discussions, and to Andrea Brischetto for assistance with STATA. Any remaining errors are my own. The views expressed in the paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Reserve Bank of Australia.