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dc.contributor.authorBowden, Bradley
dc.contributor.editorP. van der Eng & Martin Shanahan
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:11:00Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:11:00Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2007-08-07T04:37:58Z
dc.identifier.issn0004-8992
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/13998
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the extend and significance of child and youth work in late 19th century Australia. It demonstrates that, while demographic changes meant that almost half the population was aged 19 years or less, this age cohort never comprised more than 18 per cent of the recorded workforce. It is argued that this underrepresentation reflects the fact that children and youths were ill-suited to the work demands of most colonial occupations. They did not threaten the position of adult males in the key areas of the economy such as construction, heavy engineering, pastoral wok, mining and transport. Keywords: child labour, demographic economics, history, labour demand, Queensland
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom111
dc.relation.ispartofpageto129
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Economic History Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolume46
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistory and philosophy of specific fields
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5002
dc.titleAn economy ill-suited to younger workers: Child and youth workforce participation in colonial Queensland, 1886-1901
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Dept of Employment Relations and Human Resources
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBowden, Bradley


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