Background: There is increasing recognition that the two measures in the Heaviness of
Smoking Index (HSI), time to first cigarette of the day (TTFC) and daily consumption …

International and Comparative Industrial Relations (1987) analyses the factors which have
shaped industrial relations in a range of different countries, including the characteristics of …

Australia and New Zealand are best known for their systems of industrial relations based on
compulsory arbitration. However, recent years have seen trends in both countries toward …

The unemployment rate in Australia has risen from less than 2 per cent in the late 1960s to
an average of over 8 per cent over the past fifteen years. In this paper, we examine …

This study adds to the small empirical literature on the impact unions have on employment
growth using data from Australia. Unlike previous studies, the data used are from a panel of …

The policy debate in Australia needs to be understood as occurring against a backdrop of
changing views about the macroeconomic framework, particularly in an open economy …

In Australia, pay awards by government tribunals cover nearly the entire work force, and
those awards set equal pay for comparable union and nonunion workers. Union members …

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Summary In 1994 David Metcalf, writing about Britain, reached the following
conclusion:'There can be no doubt that the institutions and processes of British industrial …

Wages policy is central to the contemporary debate on economic policy in Australia The
dominant view is simple enough-wage increases cause inflation and erode international …