TITLE

The Workforce SuperHighway

AUTHOR(S)

Costello, Tim

PUB. DATE

June 2005

SOURCE

Institute of Public Affairs Review;Jun2005, Vol. 57 Issue 2, Special Section p1

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents the paper "The Workforce SuperHighway," by Bob Day. Comparison of the barriers to employment for young people to the famed Checkpoint Charlie border crossing in the Berlin Wall; Contention on the impact of highly regulated industrial relations system on the labor market; Assertion on the changes in the Australian workforce with the advent of global market place, franchising, and Internet technologies.

ACCESSION #

17813315

Tags: RESEARCH;  DAY, Bob;  LABOR supply;  LABOR market;  LABOR demand

 

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