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SKILLED LABOUR SHORTAGES AND WAGE ‘ROLL‐OUT’ EFFECTS IN AN ENERGY‐RICH REGION
Author(s) -
Carter Robert
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1985.tb00842.x
Subject(s) - economic shortage , wage , labour economics , economics , blue collar , resource (disambiguation) , computer network , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , computer science
This paper analyses the wage ‘roll out’ effect of a period of rapid resource based development in the Latrobe Valley region in Australia. Wage level adjustments are seen to correlate closely to categories of skilled labour shortage on major construction sites. More significantly, these wage adjustments are seen to spill over into all blue collar occupational categories in the region, including industries off the construction sites. The wage ‘roll out’ effect is related to the structure of the regional economy through the application of a survey‐based input‐output table and through the analysis of labour market recruitment and migration patterns.