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DR BETH WEBSTER



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Position: PRINCIPAL RESEARCH FELLOW
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Homepage: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/people/ewebster/home.html
Work: +61 3 8344 2114
Mobile: 0439 953497
Fax: +61 3 8344 2111
Room: 635
Level: 06
Building: Alan Gilbert Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Economics of innovation and intellectual property, labour economics, inflation, unemployment Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom Oxon Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Economics Monash University
Master of Economics Monash University
Doctor of Philosophy University of Cambridge

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
The evolution of Aust'n enterprises,1990 to 2007:an empirical analysis of the relationship between turbulence among firms,productivity,growth &exports Chief Investigator AUST BUREAU OF STATISTICS,
DEPT OF TREASURY & FINANCE,
PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2003
Measuring hospital performance: outputs, quality of care, competition and efficiency Chief Investigator DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2004
Uncertainty and the success of innovation Chief Investigator IP AUST,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006
The Market for Technology in Australia Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
PRODUCTION AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION/STATISTICS FOR PREPARATION OF IP SCORECARD Chief Investigator DEPT OF INDUSTRY TOURISM & RESOURCES 19/12/2005
IPRIA-IPAUSTRALIA 2 Chief Investigator IP AUST 01/07/2006
KNOWLEDGE COMMERCIALISATION AUSTRALIA Chief Investigator KNOWLEDGE COMMERCIALISATION AUSTRALIA INC 24/08/2006
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASEAN COMMUNITY PROGRESS MONITORING SYSTEM Chief Investigator CARDNO ACIL PTY LTD 25/06/2007
2007 IP SCORECARD Chief Investigator DEPT OF INDUSTRY TOURISM & RESOURCES 13/11/2007
INDUSTRY INNOVATION COUNCIL ANALYSIS Chief Investigator DEPT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY SCIENCE & RESEARCH 26/06/2009
PROFILE OF VICTORIA'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY WORKFORCE Chief Investigator DEPT OF TREASURY & FINANCE 26/06/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Applicant behaviour in patent examination request lags


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Economics Letters
    Volume: 101
    Page numbers: 243-245
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  • Application outcomes and pendency times across four patent offices
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Intellectual Property Journal
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 178-190
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  • Australian innovation data
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 323-329
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  • In the Shadow of the China–Australia FTA Negotiations: What Australian Business Thinks About IP
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Economic Papers
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-18
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  • Innovation, technological conditions and new firm survival
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 84
    Issue: 267
    Page numbers: 434-448
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  • Labeling characteristics and demand for retail grocery products in Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Economic Papers
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 129-140
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Misclassification in patent offices
    Year: 2008
    Event name: European Policy for Intellectual Property
    Conference Publication: 3rd EPIP Annual Conference
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1 - 27
    Publisher: European Policy on Intellectual Property(Munich)
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Reports

  • Fixed Effects Bias in Panel Data Estimators
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: IZA(Bonn)
    Authors:
    URL - open access http://ftp.iza.org/dp3487.pdf
  • IBM-Melbourne Institute Innovation Index of Australian Industry
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Misclassification in patent offices
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: IPRIA Working Papers(Carlton)
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  • The Effect of Raising the Australian Statutory Inventive Step on the Australian Global Production System
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: IPRIA Occasional Papers(Carlton)
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

Reports

  • Delays in international patent application outcomes
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 35/07
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • Hospital type and patient outcomes: An empirical examination using AMI re-admission and mortality records
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 31/07
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
    Authors:
    URL - open access http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/wp/wp2007n31.pdf
  • In the Shadow of the China–Australia FTA Negotiations: What Australian Business Thinks About IP
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 26/07
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • Inter-generational Justice, Discount Rates and Climate Change
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • The Management of Intellectual Property


    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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Book Chapters

  • Intellectual capital and intellectual property: An economic perspective
    Year: 2006
    Book: The management of intellectual property
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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  • Market valuation of Australian intellectual property
    Year: 2006
    Book: The management of intellectual property
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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Journal Articles

  • Disharmony in International Patent Office Decisions
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Federal Circuit Bar Journal
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 679-704
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  • Conflict Inflation: Estimating the Contributions to Wage Inflation in Australia During the 1990s
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cambridge Journal of Economics
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 227-234
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  • Firm size and the Use of Intellectual Property Rights
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 82
    Issue: 256
    Page numbers: 44-55
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  • Investment in Intangible Capital: An Enterprise Perspective
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 82
    Issue: 256
    Page numbers: 82-96
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  • Reforming the Labour Market for Australian Teachers
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Education
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 185-202
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • An Accounting Approach to Estimating the Return on Intangible Investments


    Year: 2006
    Event name: 2nd Workshop on Visualising, Measuring and Managing Intangibles and Intellectual Capital
    Conference Publication: 2nd Workshop on Visualising, Measuring and Managing Intangibles and Intellectual Capital
    Page numbers: 1-1
    Publisher: EIASM(Brussels)
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  • Patent Examination Decisions and Strategic Trade Behaviour


    Year: 2006
    Event name: European Policy for Intellectual Property Annual conference
    Conference Publication: European Policy for Intellectual Property Annual conference proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-1
    Publisher: European Policy on Intellectual Property(Munich)
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  • Innovation and the Determinants of Firm Survival
    Year: 2006
    Event name: ACE 2006
    Conference Publication: Australian Conference of Economists
    Page numbers: 1-28
    Publisher: Economic Society of Australia(Burwood)
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  • Managing Knowledge Flows through Appropriation and Learning Strategies
    Year: 2006
    Event name: European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Annual Conference
    Conference Publication: European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Annual Conference papers
    Publisher: European Association for Research in Industrial Economics(Amsterdam)
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  • Market Power, Brand Characteristics and Demand for Retail Grocery Products
    Year: 2006
    Event name: European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Annual Conference
    Conference Publication: European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Annual Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-17
    Publisher: European Association for Research in Industrial Economics(Amsterdam)
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Reports

  • IBM - Melbourne Institute Innovation Index
    Year: 2006
    Customer: IBM
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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  • Innovation and the Determinants of Firm Survival
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 15/06
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • Innovation, Technological Conditions and New Firm Survival
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 15/06
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • Managing Knowledge Flows through Appropriation and Learning Strategies
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 06/06
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • Market Power, Brand Characteristics and Demand for Retail Grocery Products
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 05/06
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • Research Use of Patented Knowledge: A Review
    Year: 2006
    Customer: OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (STI)
    Report No:: 2006/2
    Publisher: OECD Publications(Paris)
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  • The Income Distributive Implications of recent Private Health Insurance Policies in Australia
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 02/06
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • What are the characteristics of the employers of the low paid in Australia
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Australian Fair Pay Commission
    Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia(Canberra)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Measuring intangible capital: a review of current practice
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Accounting Review
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 36
    Page numbers: 5-21
    Publisher: CPA Australia(Melbourne)
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  • Teaching and the teacher labour market: the case for reform
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 91-98
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The effects on firm profits of the stock of intellectual property rights
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Australian conference of Economists 2005
    Conference Publication: Australian conference of Economists 2005
    Volume: 2005
    Issue: 2005
    Page numbers: 1-38
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • The income distributive implications of recent private health insurance policies in Australia
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 34th Annual Conference of Economists
    Conference Publication: 34th Annual Conference of Economists proceedings
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2005
    Page numbers: 23
    Publisher: Department of Economics(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Determinants of international patent examination outcomes
    Year: 2005
    Report No:: 6/2005
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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  • Patent application outcomes across the trilateral patent offices
    Year: 2005
    Report No:: 5/2005
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Achieving the potimal power of patent rights
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 419-426
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  • Firms' decisions to innovate and innovation routines
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Economics of Innovation and New Technology
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 733-745
    Publisher: Routledge
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  • Industrial capabilities in Victoria
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Economic and Labour Relations Review
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 74-98
    Publisher: Centre for Applied Economic Research
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  • Recent patterns of trade marking activity in Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Intellectual Property Journal
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 112-126
    Publisher: Lawbook Co(Rozelle)
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Reports

  • Efficacy of early childhood interventions
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies(Melbourne)
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  • Examining biases in measures of firm innovation
    Year: 2004
    Report No:: 10/04
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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  • Factors affecting the power of patent rights
    Year: 2004
    Report No:: 31/04
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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  • Patterns of trademarking activity in Australia
    Year: 2004
    Report No:: 2/04
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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  • Reforming the labour market for Australian teachers
    Year: 2004
    Report No:: 28/04
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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  • SMEs and their use of intellectual property rights in Australia
    Year: 2004
    Report No:: 17/04
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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  • The determinants of research and development and intellectual property usage among Australian companies, 1989 to 2002
    Year: 2004
    Report No:: 27/04
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
    Authors:
    URL - open access Determinants of Research and Development and Intellectual

Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • How segmented are skilled and unskilled labour markets: the case of beveridge curves
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Economic Papers
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 332-345
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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  • The effects of wages on aggregate employment: a brief summary of empirical studies
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 134-142
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  • The occupational career paths of Australian tradesmen
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Labour & Industry
    Volume: vol 14
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 61-81
    Publisher: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
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Major Reference Works

  • The elgar companion to post Keynesian economics:Profits
    Year: 2003
    Reference Work Title: The elgar companion to post Keynesian economics
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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Reports

  • Analysis of the legal framework for patent ownership in publicly funded research institutions
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training(Canberra)
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  • Conflict inflation: estimating the contributions to wage inflation in Australia during the 1990s
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 6/03
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
    Authors:
    URL - open access http://eprints.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000253/
  • Forces shaping firms' decisions to innovate: evidence from large Australian organisations
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 5/03
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
    Authors:
    URL - open access http://eprints.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000254/
  • Industrial capabilities and productivity in Victoria
    Year: 2003
    Customer: Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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  • Industrial capabilities and productivity in Victoria: part I the company survey
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 12/03
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Parkville)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Determinants of household saving in Australia.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 78
    Issue: 241
    Page numbers: 207-223
    Publisher: Economic Society of Australia(Burwood)
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  • Long-term unemployment and work deprived individuals: issues and policies.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Labour Economics
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 175-194
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  • The determinants of relative wage changes in Australia.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 70-84
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  • The equity effects of labour market programs.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Bulletin of Labour
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 198-227
    Publisher: National Institute of Labour Studies
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Reports

  • Analysis of the legal framework for patent ownership in publicly funded research institutions.
    Year: 2002
    Customer: Commownwealth Department of Education,Science and Training
    Publisher: Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs(Canberra)
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  • Factors affecting the industrial relations climate in Australian enterprises
    Year: 2002
    Customer: Government, Scholars in the field
    Report No:: 7/02
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
    Authors:
    URL - open access http://eprints.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000014/
  • Review of the literature on intellectual capital and intellectual property.
    Year: 2002
    Customer: Scholars, academics in the field
    Report No:: 10/02
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • The labour market effects of working holiday maker residents
    Year: 2002
    Customer: Comonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Commonwealth Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
    Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia(Canberra)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Training for the skilled trades in Australia: 1980 to 2000: Training Reforms
    Year: 2001
    Book: Australian Apprenticeships: Research Readings
    Publisher: National Centre for Vocational Education Research(Adelaide)
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Journal Articles

  • Outsourcing public Employment Services: the Australian Experience
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 231-242
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  • The Equity of Labour Market Programs
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Social Monitor
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 40
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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  • The Rise of Intangible Capital and Labour Market Segmentation
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Bulletin of Labour
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 258-271
    Publisher: National Institute of Labour Studies
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