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The wisdom of maintaining high levels of immigration into Australia has been questioned, particularly on the grounds that migration contributes to aggregate unemployment. This paper uses both statistical causality techniques and conventional structural models to investigate the relationship between immigration and unemployment in the post-war period in Australia. The tests find no evidence of any association from migration to unemployment, though there is strong evidence of a significant effect of Australian unemployment on migration. The results indicate that immigration policy should not be dictated by unfounded fears of immigration causing unemployment, at least over the range of previous Australian experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper the Becker-Friedan analysis of marriage behaviour is adapted for special Australian circumstances and estimated on Australian time-series data, 1954-74. It is found that is the post-war period such factors as relative wages and unemployment, sex-ratios, income growth and conscription do assist in understanding variations in marriages, and in particular assist in understanding the significant drop in marriages after 1972. The projections calculated for 1975-1984 imply the continuation of the long-term decline in marriage rates experience for women over 21, but suggest that the recent substantial falls in marriage rates for young women may be temporary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines the calculation of volunteer army wage-cost estimates to the federal government in Australia. Specification of the military manpower supply function; Determination of market-clearing wage adjustments; Concept of a mixed-force system.