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Jobless households in Australia: evidence from HILDA?
Rosanna Scutella and Mark Wooden
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Contact Email: r.scutella
unimelb.edu.au
An emerging trend in Australia, over the past twenty or so years, has been for any available employment to become increasingly polarised into households where either no adult is working (jobless households), or all adults are working (all-work households). Indeed studies have shown that Australia has one of the highest jobless household rates in the OECD for families with children. This paper uses the first wave of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics Survey for Australia (HILDA) to examine the characteristics of jobless households in Australia that distinguish them from others and render them disadvantaged in the labour market. Particular issues examined include household structure, family background, marital history, family formation, education, employment history, current employment, job search, income, health and well-being, child care and housing.
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