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Women are dominating employment growth, but what sort of jobs are we talking about?

Written by Rebecca Cassells, Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University

One of the biggest transformations we have seen in advanced economies is the increased participation of women in the paid workforce. In recent Australian labour force trends, female participation is growing at nine times the rate of men’s. Women are dominating both full and part-time employment growth in Australia.

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