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Table of Contents:
Australian Economy & Society 2001

Introduction

Topic I - Education

Snapshot: Government expenditure on education
Why is education rewarded - Necessary skills or arbitrary credentialism?: Snapshot: Secondary school completion since the 1960s; Snapshot: Education in Australia, Canada and the United States
Trends in educational attainment in Australia: Snapshot: Educational differences among the States; Snapshot: Gender differences in university education in six nations
Does mothers' employment affect children's education?
Cultural resources and educational success: The beaux arts versus scholarly culture: Snapshot: Private and public schools: Changes in the past 15 years
Private schools and educational success
Adult education and training through informal courses
Confidence in universities

Topic II - Employment

Participation in the labour force: Snapshot: Self-employment and occupation; Snapshot: Do we quarrel over housework?
Job complexity
How much is job security worth to employees?: Snapshot: Jobs: Government's responsibility; Snapshot: Australian jobs in comparative perspective; Snapshot: Jobs changed - politics or technology?; Snapshot: Downsizing trends: Workers' experiences
Organisational downsizin

Topic III - Industrial Relations

Snapshot: Australia 2001: A good industrial realtions system?
Ideals about industrial relations in Australia, Finland, and Poland: Snapshot: Union membership
Changing attitudes towards trade unions in Australia: 1984-1999

Topic IV - Political Economy

Snapshot: Unemployment since 1900
Conflict between the unemployed and workers in 20 nations
Class and class conflict in Western nations
Equal opportunities or equal outcomes?
Changing attitudes toward income inequality in East and West
Attitudes to foreign trade in 16 nations
Changes in public attitudes toward labeling genetically modified foods, 1994 - 2000

Topic V - Health and Welfare

Medical care and risky conventional lifestyles: Blame, sympathy & financial responsibility: Snapshot: Childhood asthma: Changes over time
Smoking: Social patterns in Australia
Health benefits and potential budget savings due to pets: Australian & German survey results
Costs of children and living standards in Australian households

Topic VI - Retirement

Work commitment of older Australians
What form should government old age pensions take: Citizen attitudes
Householders' preferences for superannuation
Appendix: Data, measurement and methods
References
Index

336 pages

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