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What is an Australian Job Worth?
Author(s) -
Oslington Paul
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
australian economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8462
pISSN - 0004-9018
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8462.12384
Subject(s) - dismissal , value (mathematics) , unfair dismissal , compensation (psychology) , human resource management , work (physics) , labour economics , economics , actuarial science , business , management , political science , law , psychology , social psychology , computer science , mechanical engineering , machine learning , engineering
The value of a job is an important issue for management, human resources, law and public policy, yet we lack good empirical estimates of this value. This article presents a theoretical framework for valuing jobs and estimates the average economic value of an Australian job at approximately $104,000. However, judges awarding compensation for unfair dismissal under the Fair Work Act implicitly value a job at around $10,000. If the economic value estimate is correct then workers place a high value on keeping their job, which has important human resources management implications, such as worker commitment and risk‐taking.