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A Guide to Labour Statistics, 1986 (cat. no. 6102.0).

A Guide to Major ABS Classifications, 1998 (cat. no. 1291.0).

A Provisional Framework for Household Income, Consumption, Saving and Wealth, 1995 (cat. no. 6549.0).

ABS Statistical Concept Library [Online]. Available at URL: https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats [January 2001].

Alternative Working Arrangements, Australia, 1988 (cat. no. 6341.0).

ASCO: Australian Standard Classification of Occupations, Second Edition, 1997 (cat. no. 1220.0).

Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, (ANZSIC) 1993 (cat. no. 1292.0).

Australian Demographic Statistics (cat. no. 3101.0) - Quarterly.

Australian National Accounts: Concepts, Sources and Methods, 2000 (cat. no. 5216.0).

Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product (cat. no. 5206.0) - Quarterly.

Australian Standard Classification of Languages, 1997 (cat. no. 1267.0).

Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) (cat. no. 1216.0) - Annual.

Australian System of National Accounts (cat. no. 5204.0) - Annual.

Australians’ Employment and Unemployment Patterns, 1994-1997, 1998 (cat. no. 6286.0).

Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (cat. no. 6302.0), formerly known as Average Weekly Earnings, States and Australia (cat. no. 6302.0) - Quarterly.

Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, 1941-1990, 1992 (cat. no. 6350.0).

Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, Preliminary, 2001 (cat. no. 6301.0).

Average Weekly Earnings, States and Australia (cat. no. 6302.0), now known as Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (cat. no. 6302.0) - Quarterly.

Business Operations and Industry Performance, Australia (cat. no. 8140.0) - Annual.

Business Operations and Industry Performance, Australia, Preliminary (cat. no. 8142.0) - Annual.

Career Experience, Australia, 1999 (cat. no. 6254.0).

Characteristics of Migrants Aged 18 Years and Over At Time of Arrival and Who Arrived After 1960, Australia (cat. no. 6250.0), now known as Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants, Australia (cat. no. 6250.0) - Triennial.

Characteristics of Migrants Aged 18 Years and Over At Time of Arrival and Who Arrived After 1960, Australia, Preliminary, 1984 (cat. no. 6249.0).

Characteristics of Persons Looking for Work, Australia (cat. no. 6222.0), now known as Job Search Experience of Unemployed Persons, Australia (cat. no. 6222.0) - Annual.

Characteristics of Persons Looking for Work, Australia, Preliminary, 1976 (cat. no. 6221.0).

Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, Australia (cat. no. 6310.0) - Annual, formerly known as Weekly Earnings of Employees (Distribution), Australia (cat. no. 6310.0), also incorporates data previously published in Employment Benefits, Australia, 1993 (cat. no. 6334.0) and Trade Union Members, Australia, 1997 (cat. no. 6325.0).

Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia (cat. no. 6306.0) - Annual.

Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, Preliminary (cat. no. 6305.0) - Annual.

Employment Arrangements and Superannuation, Australia, 2001 (cat. no. 6361.0).

Employment Benefits, Australia, 1993 (cat. no. 6334.0), data now published in Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union
Membership, Australia (cat. no. 6310.0) - Annual.

Employment Benefits, Australia, Preliminary, 1986 (cat. no. 6332.0).

Evening and Night Work, Australia, 1978 (cat no. 6329.0).

Forms of Employment, Australia, 2000 (cat. no. 6359.0).

Household Expenditure Survey, Australia: Summary of Results, 1998-99, 2000 (cat. no. 6530.0).

How Australia Takes a Census, 2000 (cat. no. 2903.0).

How Australians Use Their Time 1997, 1998 (cat. no. 4153.0).

Income Distribution, Australia, 2000 (cat. no. 6523.0).

Industrial Disputes, Australia (cat. no. 6321.0) - Monthly.

Information Paper: 2001 Census: ABS Views on Content and Procedures, 1998 (cat. no. 2007.0).

Information Paper: ABS Statistics and The New Tax System, 2000 (cat. no. 1358.0).

Information Paper: Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED), 2000 (cat. no. 1271.0).

Information Paper: Average Weekly Earnings: New Series to Replace Former Payroll Tax Based Series, 1982 (cat. no. 6336.0).

Information Paper: Comparison of Employment Estimates from the Labour Force Survey and the Survey of Employment and Earnings, 1985 (cat. no. 6263.0).

Information Paper: Forms of Employment, Australia: Confidentialised Unit Record File, 2000 (cat. no. 6359.0.0.001).

Information Paper: Implementing the Redesigned Labour Force Survey Questionnaire, 2001 (cat. no. 6295.0).

Information Paper: Implementation of Revised International Standards in the Australian National Accounts, 1997 (cat. no. 5251.0).

Information Paper: Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants, Australia, September 1990, Unit Record File on Magnetic Tape, 1991 (cat. no. 6251.0).

Information Paper: Labour Force Survey Questionnaire Redesign, 2000 (cat. no. 6294.0).

Information Paper: Labour Force Survey Sample Redesign, 1997 (cat. no. 6269.0).

Information Paper: Measuring Employment and Unemployment, 1995 (cat. no. 6279.0).

Information Paper: New Statistical Series: Employment, Average Weekly Earnings, Job Vacancies and Overtime, 1984 (cat. no. 6256.0).

Information Paper: Questionnaires Used in the Labour Force Survey, 2001 (cat. no. 6232.0).

Information Paper: Review of ABS Employment Statistics, 1981 (cat. no. 6239.0).

Information Paper: Wage Cost Index, Australia, 2000 (cat. no. 6346.0).

Job Search Experience of Unemployed Persons, Australia (cat. no. 6222.0), previously known as Persons Looking for Work, Australia (cat. no. 6222.0) and also as Characteristics of Persons Looking for Work, Australia (cat. no. 6222.0) - Annual.

Job Vacancies, Australia (cat. no. 6354.0) - Quarterly.

Labour Costs, Australia, 1998 (cat. no. 6348.0).

Labour Force, 1977 (cat. no. 6204.0).

Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6203.0) - Monthly.

Labour Force, Australia, Historical Summary 1966-1984, 1986 (cat. no. 6204.0).

Labour Force, Australia, Preliminary (cat. no. 6202.0) - Monthly.

Labour Force Experience, Australia, 1999 (cat. no. 6206.0).

Labour Force Experience, Australia, Preliminary, 1987 (cat. no. 6205.0).

Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Families, Australia (cat. no. 6224.0) - Annual.

Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants, Australia, 2000 (cat. no. 6250.0), previously known as Characteristics of Migrants Aged 18 Years and Over At Time of Arrival and Who Arrived After 1960, Australia (cat. no. 6250.0).

Labour Mobility, Australia (cat. no. 6209.0) - Biennial.

Labour Mobility, Australia, Preliminary, 1986 (cat. no. 6208.0).

Labour Statistics, Australia, 1997 (cat. no. 6101.0).

Locations of Work, Australia, 2001 (cat. no. 6275.0), formerly known as Persons Employed at Home, Australia (cat. no. 6275.0).

Methods of Obtaining Jobs, Australia (cat. no. 6245.0), now known as Successful and Unsuccessful Job Search Experience, Australia (cat. no. 6245.0) - Biennial.

Methods of Obtaining Jobs, Australia, Preliminary, 1983 (cat. no. 6244.0).

Multiple Jobholding, Australia, 1998 (cat. no. 6216.0).

Multiple Jobholding, Australia, Preliminary, 1977 (cat. no. 6215.0).

National Health Survey Users Guide, 1995, 1996 (cat. no. 4363.0).

Occasional Paper: Statistics on Wages, Earnings, Income and Labour Costs - A Guide to their Concepts, Measurements and Usage, 1986/1

Occasional Paper: Unpaid Work and the Australian Economy 1997, 2000 (cat. no. 5240.0)

Persons Aged 50-69 Years Ceasing Full-Time Work, Australia (cat. no. 6238.0), now known as Retirement and Retirement Intentions, Australia, 1998 (cat. no. 6238.0).

Persons Aged 50-69 Years Ceasing Full-Time Work, Australia, Preliminary, 1984 (cat. no. 6237.0).

Persons Employed at Home, Australia (cat. no. 6275.0), now known as Locations of Work, Australia, 2001 (cat. no. 6275.0).

Persons Looking for Work, Australia (cat. no. 6222.0), now known as Job Search Experience of Unemployed Persons, Australia (cat. no. 6222.0) - Annual.

Persons Looking for Work, Australia, Preliminary, 1983 (cat. no. 6221.0).

Persons Not In the Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6220.0) - Annual.

Persons Not In the Labour Force, Australia, Preliminary, 1986 (cat. no. 6219.0).

Persons Retired from Full-Time Work, Australia (cat. no. 6238.0), now known as Retirement and Retirement Intentions, Australia, 1998 (cat. no. 6238.0).

Persons Retired from Full-Time Work, Australia, Preliminary, 1984 (cat. no. 6237.0).

Persons Who Intended to Retire from Full-Time Work, Australia, 1985 (cat. no. 6258.0), data now published in Retirement and Retirement Intentions, Australia, 1998 (cat. no. 6238.0).

Persons Who Intended to Retire from Full-Time Work, Australia, Preliminary, 1985 (cat. no. 6257.0).

Retirement and Retirement Intentions, Australia, 1998 (cat. no. 6238.0), previously known as Persons Aged 50-69 Years Ceasing Full-Time Work, Australia (cat. no. 6238.0) and also as Persons Retired from Full-Time Work, Australia (cat. no. 6238.0); also incorporates data previously published in Persons Who Intended to Retire from Full-Time Work, Australia, 1985 (cat. no. 6258.0).

Retrenchment and Redundancy, Australia, 1998 (cat. no. 6266.0).

Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC), 1998 (cat. no. 1269.0).

Standard Economic Sector Classifications of Australia, 1998 (cat. no. 1218.0).

Standards for Statistics on Core Labour Force Variables, 1996 (cat. no. 1288.0).

Standards for Statistics on Cultural and Language Diversity, 1999 (cat. no. 1289.0).

Standards for Statistics on the Family, 1995 (cat. no. 1286.0).

Successful and Unsuccessful Job Search Experience, Australia (cat. no. 6245.0), previously known as Methods of Obtaining Jobs, Australia (cat. no. 6245.0) - Biennial.

Superannuation: Coverage and Financial Characteristics, Australia, 2001 (cat. no. 6360.0).

Trade Union Members, Australia, 1997 (cat. no. 6325.0), data now published in Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, Australia (cat. no. 6310.0) - Annual.

Transition from Education to Work, Australia (cat. no. 6227.0) -Annual.

Underemployed Workers, Australia (cat. no. 6265.0) - Annual.

Unemployment, Australia, Preliminary Estimates, 1983 (cat. no. 6201.0).

Wage and Salary Earners, Australia (cat. no. 6248.0) - Quarterly.

Wage Cost Index, Australia (cat. no. 6345.0) - Quarterly.

Weekly Earnings of Employees (Distribution), Australia (cat. no. 6310.0), now known as Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, Australia (cat. no. 6310.0) - Annual.

Weekly Earnings of Employees (Distribution), Australia, Preliminary, 1986 (cat. no. 6309.0).

Working Arrangements, Australia, 1998 (cat. no. 6342.0).

Working Hours Arrangements, Australia, February to May 1981, 1982 (cat. no. 6338.0).

Working Hours Arrangements, Australia, February to May 1981, Supplementary Tables, 1983 (cat. no. 6339.0).

Working Patterns of Employees, Australia, 1977 (cat. no. 6328.0).

Year Book Australia (cat. no. 1301.0) - Annual.


OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Australian and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, ANZ Job Advertisement Series - Monthly.

Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training 1999, Australia at Work - Just Managing, Prentice Hall, Sydney.

Bamber, G. J., and Lansbury, R. D. 1993, International and comparative industrial relations, a study of industrialised market economies, 2nd ed., Allen & Unwin, North Sydney.

Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics 1913, Trade Unionism, Unemployment, Wages, Prices and Cost of Living in Australia, 1891-1912, Labour and Industrial Branch, Report No. 2, Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Melbourne.

- Employment and Unemployment, Oct 1963, 1978 (Ref. no. 6.4).

- Labour Force 1964 to 1968 Historical Supplement, 1970 (Ref. no. 6.22).

- The Labour Force, Preliminary Estimates, 1978 (Ref. no. 6.20).

Deery, S. and Plowman, D. 1985, Australian Industrial Relations, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, Sydney.

Department of Aboriginal Affairs 1981, Report on a review of the administration of the working definition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business 2001, Vacancy Report [Online]. Available at URL: http://www.dewrsb.gov.au/employment/publications/VacancyReport/default.asp [May 2001].

Drago, R., Wooden, M. and Sloan, J. 1992, Productive Relations, Australian Industrial Relations and Workplace Performance, Allen & Unwin, North Sydney.

Dupre, M., Hussmans, R., Mehran, F. 1987, The Concept and Boundary of Economic Activity for the Measurement of the Economically Active Population, in Bulletin of Labour Statistics, 1987-3, International Labour Office, Geneva.

Hawke, A. and Wooden, M. 1997, The Changing Face of Australian Industrial Relations, National Institute of Labour Studies, Adelaide.

Hoffman, I. 1992, Measuring the demand for labour, in Bulletin of Labour Statistics, 1992-1, International Labour Office, Geneva.

Hussmanns, R., Mehran, F., Verma, V. 1990, Surveys of economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment: An ILO manual on concepts and methods, International Labour Office, Geneva.

International Labour Office 1998, Sixteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians - Report of the Conference, Geneva.

- 1993, Fifteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians - Report of the Conference, Geneva.

- 1988, Fourteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians, 1987, Geneva.

- 1985, Current International Recommendations on Labour Statistics, Convention 160, Geneva.

- 1982, Thirteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians - Report of the Conference, Geneva.

- 1979, An Integrated System of Wages Statistics: A Manual on Methods, International Labour Organisation, Geneva.

- 1973, Twelfth International Conference of Labour Statisticians - Report of the Conference, Geneva.

- 1966, Eleventh International Conference of Labour Statisticians - Report of the Conference, Geneva.

- 1954, Eighth International Conference of Labour Statisticians, 1954, Geneva.

- 1948, Sixth International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Studies and Reports, New Series, No. 7. Part 4, Geneva.

- 1925, Second International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Studies and Reports, New Series, No. 8. Geneva.

- International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93), 1993.

International Labour Organisation October 2000, ILO History [Online]. Available at URL: http://www.ilo.org/ [January 2001].

- August 1999, Information Leaflet [Online]. Available at URL: <http://www.ilo.org/> [January 2001].

Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne Institute Wages Report, University of Melbourne - Quarterly.

Moir, H. and Robinson, C. 1982, Labour Market Measurement: A Review (critique) of Some Popular Labour Measures, Bureau of Labour Market Research, Working Paper No 5, Canberra.

National Occupational Health and Safety Commission May 1999, National Data Set for Compensation-based Statistics, Second Edition, Sydney.

Sutcliffe, P. and Callus, R. 1994, Glossary of Australian Industrial Relations Terms, Australian Centre for Industrial Relation Research & Teaching (ACIRRT), University of Sydney and Australian Centre in Strategic Management, Queensland University of Technology (ACSM).

United Nations, International Monetary Fund, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, World Bank and Commission of the European Communities 1993, System of National Accounts 1993, Brussels/Luxembourg, New York, Paris, Washington D.C.

United Nations Statistical Office 1968, A System of National Accounts: Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 2, Rev 3, UN Statistical Office, New York.

-- International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), 1949.

- International Standard Industrial Classification, Revision 3 (ISIC, Revision 3), 1990.