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Labour Market Adjustment, Knowledge Economies and the Patchwork Nation

Labour Market Adjustment, Knowledge Economies and the Patchwork Nation. Professor Andrew Beer Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning University of Adelaide 2 December 2011 . The Patchwork Economy?. Dutch Disease De-industrialisation Processes of adjustment Efficient, effective

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Labour Market Adjustment, Knowledge Economies and the Patchwork Nation

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  1. Labour Market Adjustment, Knowledge Economies and the Patchwork Nation Professor Andrew BeerCentre for Housing, Urban and Regional PlanningUniversity of Adelaide 2 December 2011

  2. The Patchwork Economy? • Dutch Disease • De-industrialisation • Processes of adjustment • Efficient, effective • What role the knowledge economy? • Are there other pathways?

  3. The Illawarra

  4. The South Australian Case • South Australia as a ‘traded goods’ state • Manufacturing • Agriculture • Mineral products • Impacts of restructuring • MMAL in Southern Adelaide • Loxton Waikerie

  5. Average Wage and Salary Earnings, 2003-04 to 2008-09, SA, Loxton Waikerie and Onkaparinga

  6. Average Unincorporated Business Earnings, 2003-04 to 2008-09, SA, Loxton Waikerie and Onkaparinga

  7. Average Earnings from All Sources, 2003-04 to 2008-09, SA, Loxton Waikerie and Onkaparinga

  8. Auto Restructuring in Two Cities: Birmingham and Adelaide • MMAL Lonsdale April 2004, MG Rover May 2005 • Adelaide • Structural Adjustment Fund for SA (SAFSA) • Redundancy payments from MMAL • Worker assistance via JobsNetwork • Birmingham • Minimal redundancy payments • Range of government actions via MG Rover Taskforce & Advantage West Midlands

  9. Outcomes

  10. Site of MG Rover, mid 2008

  11. Industry of Most Recent Employment, Wave 2

  12. Dealing with Labour Market Immobility: West Midlands

  13. Riverland Futures Taskforce • Riverland Futures Taskforce • $20m structural adjustment fund established by SA Government (Riverland Sustainable Futures Fund) • Now administered through RDA Committee • Limited take up, slow take up • What subsidiarity? • And does it address the region’s fundamental needs in an era of capital mobility?

  14. Other Pathways? • Costs of structural adjustment for individuals and communities • Mining boom • Displaced tourism, manufacturing, some services • Social costs for FIFO workers and their communities • Not been accompanied by a substantial investment in the generation of a knowledge economy

  15. Other Pathways?Tampere, Finland

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