Professor Mark Wooden
Professorial Research Fellow and Director of the HILDA Survey Project, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne
Business & Economics
Blurring the weekend
About a third of working Australians do some work on the weekend, though for most their main job is still on week days. But will an increase in working from home blur the lines?
Business & Economics
Casual work and COVID-19
COVID-19 has put casual work under a fresh spotlight but it still seems to work for many. Rather than wholesale regulatory change, responding to the pandemic should be about taking temporary emergency action
Business & Economics
Breaking the family chain of joblessness
New research finds children of parents who are both jobless can experience long-term disadvantage, but targeted policy can break the cycle
Business & Economics
Is wages growth really as weak as we think?
This year’s HILDA Survey shows that hourly wages of the median full-time worker have been rising well ahead of the cost of living
Business & Economics
Good policy vs poor politics at Outlook 2018
The 2018 Economic and Social Outlook Conference highlighted widespread concern that politics was failing to deliver the policies the country needs
Business & Economics
Small business: Not the jobs engine we think
The number of self-employed entrepreneurs doing well enough to hire staff is shrinking and it’s bigger firms that are behind Australia’s strong employment
Business & Economics
5 ways the future of work could change for women
The last generation saw a significant shift towards equality for women in the Australian workplace, but they remain under-represented in senior roles, earn less and don’t have as much superannuation. So, what could the future of work look like for
Business & Economics
What 17 years of data tells us about Australia
The annual HILDA Survey offers important insights into the economic and social wellbeing of Australians
Business & Economics
For the love of the punt
While we may be a nation of gamblers, how many of us are problem gamblers? And how much harm does it cause? The HILDA Survey is on the way to telling us.