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AUSTRALIAN ATTITUDES TO UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE
Author(s) -
Eardley Tony,
Matheson George
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2000.tb01305.x
Subject(s) - unemployment , government (linguistics) , project commissioning , publishing , public opinion , work (physics) , public policy , social security , job security , political science , labour economics , public relations , economics , economic growth , law , politics , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , engineering
Social security policy towards unemployed people in Australia has become increasingly conditional on their demonstrating ever greater job search effort. The evidence from attitudinal survey data on whether this policy shift accords with public opinion is ambiguous. Although, by international standards, Australians take a relatively hard line on the responsibilities of unemployed people lo actively seek work, there is little information about views on the detail of activity testing. While a majority oppose greater public expenditure on unemployment, they still see an important role, for government in addressing unemployment and supporting unemployed people.