‘Fair Work’ and the Modernization of Australian Labour Standards: A Case of Institutional Plasticity Entrenching Deepening Wage Inequality

Buchanan, J; Oliver, D

‘Fair Work’ and the Modernization of Australian Labour Standards: A Case of Institutional Plasticity Entrenching Deepening Wage Inequality

Buchanan, J

Oliver, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2016, 54 (4), pp. 790 - 814
Issue Date:: 2016-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Buchanan, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6454-2296	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Oliver, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0045-3013	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:02:21Z
dc.date.issued	2016-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2016, 54 (4), pp. 790 - 814	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0007-1080	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/72855
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/London School of Economics. Australia was long recognized for its relatively compressed wage structure. From the 1940s to the 1970s this was associated with a comprehensive regime of ‘award-based’ minimum wages. Since the 1980s, this has been subjected to comprehensive ‘modernization’. After three decades of reform and in the most supportive economic environment in the OECD, Australian wage inequality has deepened. Although multiple political-economic forces have been at play, the evolution of Australia's labour standards regime is an example of ‘institutional plasticity’ whereby the purpose and operations of wage-setting institutions not only evolves but can actually be inverted over time.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	British Journal of Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/bjir.12215	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.title	‘Fair Work’ and the Modernization of Australian Labour Standards: A Case of Institutional Plasticity Entrenching Deepening Wage Inequality	en_US
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Abstract:

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/London School of Economics. Australia was long recognized for its relatively compressed wage structure. From the 1940s to the 1970s this was associated with a comprehensive regime of ‘award-based’ minimum wages. Since the 1980s, this has been subjected to comprehensive ‘modernization’. After three decades of reform and in the most supportive economic environment in the OECD, Australian wage inequality has deepened. Although multiple political-economic forces have been at play, the evolution of Australia's labour standards regime is an example of ‘institutional plasticity’ whereby the purpose and operations of wage-setting institutions not only evolves but can actually be inverted over time.

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