TY - JOUR
T1 - The New child labour? The part-time school student workforce in Australia
AU - Smith, Erica
AU - Wilson, Louis
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Australian Bulletin of Labour. ISSNs: 0311-6336;
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - This paper reports on the findings about part-time school students working from a research project, in two Australian States, into school students' experiences ill workplaces. The findings, from a survey and case studies, indicate that over half of Australian school-children in Years 10 and above are engaged in formal paid work. The majority of students who wish to work do not appear to experience much, difficulty findings jobs, although those from certain minority groups are less likely to work than the average. Nearly two-thirds of student-workers are employed in the retail and fast food industries. The paper argues that more attention needs to be paid to student part time working, as it is now the normal form of entry to the labour market.
AB - This paper reports on the findings about part-time school students working from a research project, in two Australian States, into school students' experiences ill workplaces. The findings, from a survey and case studies, indicate that over half of Australian school-children in Years 10 and above are engaged in formal paid work. The majority of students who wish to work do not appear to experience much, difficulty findings jobs, although those from certain minority groups are less likely to work than the average. Nearly two-thirds of student-workers are employed in the retail and fast food industries. The paper argues that more attention needs to be paid to student part time working, as it is now the normal form of entry to the labour market.
KW - Open access version available
M3 - Article
SN - 0311-6336
VL - 28
SP - 120
EP - 137
JO - Australian Bulletin of Labour
JF - Australian Bulletin of Labour
IS - 2
ER -
