The Social Impacts of Rail Systems Rationalisation PDF Download

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ISBN: 9780644139090
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 95

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Rail transport. Social factors. Labour markets. Employment. This report assesses the social impacts of a range of scenarios developed for non urban rail by the Railway Industry Council to set out reform options for railway systems in Australia. Use is made of Australia Bureau of Statistics census data for 1981 and 1986, data from railway systems in Australia and results from a survey of redundant and redeployed railway workers. The study isolates those variables which are likely to influence the opportunities for re-employment of former railway workers. The Wroclaw taxonomic technique is then used to construct an index of the capacity to reabsorb labour for each of ninety-four local labour markets. This index is used to estimate the extent to which the Railway Industry Council scenarios result in a pool of ex railway workers who fail to find alternative forms of gainful employment. These estimates are developed for the ninety-four local labour markets. CONTENTS : Introduction. Geographic distribution of local labour markets. Small area data analysis of local labour markets. Local labour market buoyancy. Railway worker redundancy and local labour markets. Conclusions.