Bubble keeps serving youth part-time jobs boom

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By Leith van Onselen

The housing bubble-induced recovery in the nation’s labour market continues to do wonders for Australia’s youth unemployed, with the trend unemployment rate for those aged 15 to 24 years old falling for the 13th consecutive month to 12.6%, versus 4.6% unemployment for the rest of the labour market (see next chart). ScreenHunter_10888 Dec. 10 17.23

As you can see in the next chart, total employment growth for those aged 15-24 years of age has been more or less negative since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), whilst the rest of the labour force has experienced positive growth. However, since December 2014, employment growth has turned positive with a strongly improving trend (see next chart).

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.