Discrimination, performance and career progression in Australian public sector labor markets Doucouliagos, Chris, Hone, Phillip and Ulubasoglu, Mehmet 2006, Discrimination, performance and career progression in Australian public sector labor markets, Deakin University, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Geelong, Vic.. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads doucouliagos-discrimination-2006.pdf Published version application/pdf 264.55KB 337 Title Discrimination, performance and career progression in Australian public sector labor markets Author(s) Doucouliagos, Chris orcid.org/0000-0001-5269-3556 Hone, Phillip Ulubasoglu, Mehmet orcid.org/0000-0003-3055-5755 Publication date 2006-10-23 Series School Working Paper - Economic Series ; SWP 2006/07 Total pages 34 Publisher Deakin University, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Place of publication Geelong, Vic. Keyword(s) J41 J45 J48 labor markets discrimination public sector promotion career progression RePEc:dkn:econwp:eco_2006_07 Summary While promotion is an important mechanism for allocating labor within organizations, relatively little is known about the determinants of promotion in the highly diverse and traditionally heavily regulated Australian labor markets. This study uses unique data from the Victorian Public Sector Census 2004 to identify the extent and nature of bias in the promotion process. Specifically, we use the promotion histories of 16,675 public sector employees to investigate the existence of discrimination in promotion on the basis of gender, disability and cultural diversity. We find that some differences exist in the rate of promotion on the basis of gender, and to a lesser extent, of birthplace, but, importantly, most of these are due to differences in endowments. There are effectively no differences in promotion on the basis of disability. We find that the main driver of promotion in Victorian public sector labor markets is worker effort and performance. Compared to labor markets elsewhere, the Australian public sector is relatively free of discrimination in promotions. Language eng Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30075295 Document type: Report Collections: Faculty of Business and Law Open Access Collection RePEc Working Papers Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Aug 2015, 13:38:01 EST Sat, 15 Aug 2015, 05:20:12 EST Mon, 17 Aug 2015, 08:32:45 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2015, 16:51:11 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2015, 16:56:03 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2015, 16:57:01 EST Sat, 26 Sep 2015, 14:04:43 EST Tue, 02 Feb 2016, 05:12:43 EST Mon, 31 Jul 2017, 10:07:59 EST Wed, 04 Oct 2017, 13:25:08 EST Wed, 04 Oct 2017, 13:28:19 EST Wed, 04 Oct 2017, 13:28:58 EST Thu, 05 Oct 2017, 07:56:51 EST Thu, 05 Oct 2017, 08:09:31 EST Thu, 30 Aug 2018, 09:58:04 EST Thu, 30 Aug 2018, 09:59:04 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 19:22:22 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 126 Abstract Views, 337 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Aug 2015, 13:38:01 EST