Leading Research in Work and Labour MarketsThe National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS) at Flinders University, South Australia, is the independent pre-eminent labour studies consultancy and research centre in Australia, leading research in the broad field of social sciences. The success of NILS is measured by its record of publications, refereed journal articles, conference papers and citations. more
Recent publications
The Impact of Gambling Initiatives
Commissioned by the Independent Gambling Authority, this project examines the impact of the following initiatives on gamblers and gambling activity:
The Advertising and Responsible Gambling Codes of Practice... more
What is a skill shortage?
This report is part of a suite of research projects entitled 'A well-skilled future: Tailoring VET to the emerging labour market' conducted by a consortium of researchers from the National Institute of Labour Studies... more
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Keith Hancock, Lifetime Achievement Award
03-Jun-2009
NILS congratulates Emeritus Professor Keith Hancock AO, who has been chosen for the Lifetime Achievement Award, given by the Industrial Relations Society of Australia. The Award will be presented at the official dinner of the 15th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) which will be held at the Sydney Convention Centre on Wednesday, 16 August, 2009.
NILS Seminar Series #2
01-Jun-2009
The 2009 NILS seminar series continues on Tuesday June 9 with a presentation by Dr Peng Yu, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Canberra.
The seminar, entitled, 'Social Inclusion Among Youths Growing up with a Disability', will be held in room SSN 242 from 3pm. Refreshments to follow in the Social... more
Sue Richardson to Chair PMSEIC Cluster
21-Apr-2009
Professor Sue Richardson has been invited by the Chief Scientist to chair a 'Thematic Cluster' to advise the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council. PMSEIC is a very influential body – the PM and other senior ministers attend its meetings. The Thematic Cluster is to identify strategic issues on a time frame of 5-50 years on the themes of 'knowledge creation, skills and perception in a global... more
Evaluation of the Working Holiday Maker Program
21-Apr-2009
NILS recently submitted a final report to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) on the evaluation of the Working Holiday Maker (WHM) Program. The report uses data from the Working Holiday Maker Survey and the Working Holiday Makers' Employer Survey (both collected for DIAC in 2008) to develop a profile of Working Holiday Makers. These data are also used to evaluate the economic, labour market and social effects... more
NILS Speaks at Inquiry into Pay Equity
08-Feb-2009
NILS was recently invited to give evidence to the House of Representatives Inquiry into pay equity and associated issues related to increasing female participation in the workforce. Josh Healy appeared on behalf of NILS at public hearings held by the Committee in Adelaide on 6 November.
His evidence included a summary of the findings from recent NILS research into the gender pay gap and its implications for female... more
Australia's Growing Aged Care Workforce
08-Feb-2009
NILS has just completed work on its major project examining the Australian aged care workforce. Commissioned by the Commonwealth Dept of Health and Ageing (DoHA), the project involved a follow up to NILS’s 2003 survey of employers and workers in Australia’s nursing homes and hostels. For the first time, it also undertook surveys of community based providers of aged care services, and the workers who provide the... more
How are our farmers coping in the tough times?
08-Feb-2009
The vast majority of farmers ‘get by’ on the land even during extended periods of drought - now a NILS study intends to find out just how farmers and their families are managing. The two-year project will examine the experience of South Australian farming families and how they work and live in an environment heavily influenced by climate variations.
Funded by the Department of Health (SA), the team of... more
Paid Care in Australia: Politics, Profits, Practices
08-Feb-2009
Dr Debra King from NILS and Professor Gabrielle Meagher from Sydney University have released an edited collection of papers about the ways in which care - child care and aged care - is organised, paid for and practised within Australia. Care for Australia's children and elderly is provided in a mixed economy, in which for-profit providers are playing an increasingly important role alongside more traditional government and... more
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Australian Bulletin of LabourThe Australian Bulletin of Labour, an academic journal about issues, policies and developments within the broad spectrum of labour practice and theory, has been published by NILS since 1974. The ABL is published as often the supply of suitable papers permits – up to four times per year.
Featured Research ProjectChanging Patterns of Employment and Unemployment: Impacts on Physical & Mental Health & the Mediating Role of Social CapitalNational Health and Medical Research Council (Australian Health Inequities Project)
Work is a central and essential part of the lives of most people. It occupies the hours, days and years when people are at their best. It shapes the character and develops or shrivels health and human capacities. But it can do harm as well as good to workers’ physical and mental health.
There is a growing overseas, and a small Australian, body of research that shows strong links between mental and physical health and the ways in which people are employed. For example, jobs that use people’s skills, have moderate amounts of challenge, and provide reasonable degrees of discretion over how the job is done are good for health and wellbeing, while there is strong evidence that unemployment is bad for health. But long hours of work, constant fear of job loss, having high demands but low...more 
Research TagsThe tag cloud represents concentrations of themes in NILS research.
fertility unemployment industrial relations immigration China education future skills aging labour supply minimum wages gender technology low-paid workers activism health work-life balance children families paid care workforce participation emotions life-course aged care VET
Testimonials
"Professor Richardson and her team have provided an extremely high level of service to the Department. The analysis of the data has been very high quality and both reports provided by NILS have been of an exemplary standard."
- Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
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