Name: William Mitchell
Qualifications: B.Com(Dea),M.Ec(Monash),PhD
Position: Director
Telephone: +61-2-4921 5027
Room Number: RC1.12
Affiliation: CofFEE

E-mail: Bill.Mitchell@newcastle.edu.au

Other Details:

Bill also holds the Research Chair in Economics at the University of Newcastle. He is the inaugural director of CofFEE. He has published extensively on wage and price inflation, unemployment, modern monetary macroeconomic theory and policy, and regional science.

He currently supervises 6 PhD students. He is on the management Board of ARCRNSISS.

Research Interests:

Markov-switching models of job creation and job destruction, Buffer Stock Employment models, the Job Guarantee, Costs of Unemployment, Phillips curve studies, Capital adequacy in banking, public policy, Large-scale macroeconometric modelling, Regional models of unemployment and Spatial Econometrics.

Recent Publications:

Academic Publications

Books:

E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (2000) (eds.) The Path to Full Employment, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney.

E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (2001) (eds.) Achieving Full Employment, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney.

W.F. Mitchell and E. Carlson (2001) (eds.) Unemployment: the Tip of the Iceberg, CAER/UNSW Press, Sydney.

E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (2002) (eds) The Urgency of Full Employment, CAER/UNSW Press, Sydney.

W.F. Mitchell, J. Muysken and T. Van Veen (2006) (eds.) Growth and Cohesion in the European Union, Edward Elgar, Aldershot.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Muysken (2008) Full Employment abandoned: shifting sands and policy failures, Edward Elgar, Aldershot.

Chapters in Books:

W.F. Mitchell (1988) 'The economic implications of high population growth', in Lincoln H. Day and D.T. Rowland (eds.), Australian Studies: How Many More Australians? The Resource and Environmental Conflicts, Longman Cheshire.

W.F. Mitchell (1989) State of Siege, Pluto Press, Australia, Joint Editor and Contributor of Two Chapters.

W.F. Mitchell (1991) 'Some Economic Aspects of Immigration', in Joseph Smith (ed.), Immigration, Population and Sustainable Environments: The Limits to Australia's Growth, The Flinders Press, Adelaide.

W.F. Mitchell, R.H. Green, and M.J. Watts (1993) 'Economic Policy in Crisis: A Proposal for Jobs and Growth', in Hodgkinson, A., Kelly, D. and Verrucci, N. (eds.) Responding to Unemployment: Perspectives and Strategies, Labour Market Analysis Program, Wollongong University.

W.F. Mitchell, C. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (1995) 'Labour Market Definition, Quality of Labour and Wages', Commonwealth Grants Commission Research Report, Vol. II, AGPS, 1995, 129-263.

W.F. Mitchell, R.H. Green and M.J. Watts (1997) 'The Accord, Trade Unions and the Australian Labour Market', in P. Kriesler, P. (ed.) The Australian Economy: The Essential Guide 2, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.

J. Burgess and W.F. Mitchell (1998) 'Eight Propositions About Unemployment: An Australian Perspective' in International Industrial Relations Society, Developing competitiveness and social justice, Sinea International, Geneva, September.

J. Burgess and W.F. Mitchell (1998) 'Unemployment, Human Rights and a Full Employment Policy in Australia', in Melinda Jones and Peter Kriesler (eds.), Globalisation, Human Rights and Civil Society, Prospect Press: Sydney.

W.F. Mitchell (1998) 'Full Employment Abandoned: The Macroeconomic Story', in M. Carman and I. Rogers (eds.), Out of the Rut, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.

J. Burgess, W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (1999) 'The Labour Market since Howard', in Kriesler, P. (ed.) The Australian Economy: The Essential Guide 3, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.

W.F. Mitchell (2000) 'The Causes of Unemployment', in Stephen Bell (ed.) The Unemployment Crisis: Which Way Out?, Cambridge University Press, Sydney.

J. Burgess, W.F. Mitchell, D.J. O'Brien and M.J. Watts (2000), 'Work for the Dole in Australia and New Zealand: A Critical Assessment', in J. Lee, B. Probert and R. Watts (eds.) Work in the New Economy: Policy, Programs, Populations, Centre for Applied Social Research (CASR), RMIT University, Melbourne, 81-101.

W.F. Mitchell (2000) 'Modelling the Impact of the Accord on Wage Inflation', in K. Wilson, J. Bradford, and M. Fitzpatrick (eds.), Australia in Accord, An Evaluation of the Prices and Incomes Accord in the Hawke-Keating years, South Pacific Publishing: Melbourne, 215-231.

W.F. Mitchell (2001) 'The Pathology of Unemployment', in W.F. Mitchell and E. Carlson (2001), Unemployment: the Tip of the Iceberg, CAER/UNSW Press, Sydney, 11-32.

W.F. Mitchell (2001) 'Hidden Unemployment in Australia', in W.F. Mitchell and E. Carlson (2001), Unemployment: the Tip of the Iceberg, CAER/UNSW Press, Sydney, 33-46.

W.F. Mitchell and E. Carlson (2001) 'Labour underutilisation and underemployment in Australia and the USA', in W.F. Mitchell and E. Carlson (2001), Unemployment: the Tip of the Iceberg, CAER/UNSW Press, Sydney, 47-68.

W.F. Mitchell (2001) 'Demographic and industry employment changes in a high pressure economy', in W.F. Mitchell and E. Carlson (2001), Unemployment: the Tip of the Iceberg, CAER/UNSW Press, Sydney, 69-84.

W.F. Mitchell (2001) 'The unemployed cannot search for jobs that are not there', in W.F. Mitchell and E. Carlson (2001), Unemployment: the Tip of the Iceberg, CAER/UNSW Press, Sydney, 85-117.

W.F. Mitchell (2001) 'Full employment abandoned - the role of the public sector', in W.F. Mitchell and E. Carlson (2001), Unemployment: the Tip of the Iceberg, CAER/UNSW Press, Sydney, 193-218.

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (2001) 'Unemployment Theories', in J. Michie (ed.) Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences, Fitzroy Dearborn, London, 1712-13.

W.F. Mitchell and W. Mosler (2001) 'Fiscal policy and the Job Guarantee', in W.F. Mitchell and E. Carlson (2001), Unemployment: the Tip of the Iceberg, CAER/UNSW Press, Sydney, 219-232.

E. Carlson, S. Cowling. and W.F. Mitchell (2002) 'Introduction' in E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (eds.) The Urgency of Full Employment, CAER/UNSW Press, Sydney, 9-20.

W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (2002) 'Restoring Full Employment: the Job Guarantee' in E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (eds.) The Urgency of Full Employment, CAER/UNSW Press, Sydney, 95-114.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Muysken (2002) 'Aggregate demand should do the job' in E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (eds.) The Urgency of Full Employment, CAER/UNSW Press, Sydney, 133-158.

E. Carlson, W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (2003) 'The Impact of New Forms of Wage Setting on Wage Outcomes in Australia', in J. Burgess and D. Macdonald (eds.) Developments in Enterprise Bargaining in Australia, Tertiary Press, Melbourne, 118-140.

W.F. Mitchell (2003) 'The Job Guarantee model - financial considerations in an open economy', in E.J. Nell (ed.), Functional Finance and Full Employment, Edward Elgar, New York, 278-295, June.

W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (2003) 'Full Employment' in J.E. King (ed.) The Elgar Companion to Post Keynesian Economics, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, 153-159.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Muysken (2006) 'The Brussels-Frankfurt consensus: an answer to the wrong question', in W.F. Mitchell, J. Muysken and T. Van Veen (2006) (eds.) Growth and Cohesion in the European Union, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 3-31

W.F. Mitchell and J. Juniper (2007), 'Towards a Spatial Keynesian macroeconomics', in: Arestis, P. and G. Zezza (eds.), Advances in Monetary Policy and Macroeconomics, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 192-211.

W.F.Mitchell (2008) 'Unemployment Rate', International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr.. Vol. 8. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 499-505.

W.F. Mitchell (2008) 'Why public sector job creation should be fashionable', Arestis, P. and McCombie, J. (eds.), Missing Links in the Unemployment Relationship, Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming.

Refereed Periodicals:

W.F. Mitchell (1983) 'Equal Pay for Women: A Reply', Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Summer.

M. Burns and W.F. Mitchell (1985) 'Unemployment, Real Wages and Aggregate Demand', Australian Economic Papers, June.

W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (1986) 'Efficiency under Capitalist Production: A Critique and Reformulation', Review of Radical Political Economics, 17(1, 2), 212-220.

W.F. Mitchell (1986) 'Productivity and the National Wage Case', Labour Resourcer, Labour Resource Centre, April.

W.F. Mitchell (1987) 'The NAIRU, Structural Imbalance and the Macroeconomic Equilibrium Unemployment Rate, Australian Economic Papers, June.

W.F. Mitchell (1987) 'What is the Full Employment Unemployment Rate: Some Empirical Evidence of Structural Unemployment in Australia, 1966 to 1986, Australian Bulletin of Labour, 14(1), December.

W.F. Mitchell (1988) 'No Need to Privatise' Australian Society, June.

W.F. Mitchell (1990) 'The Scandinavian Model of Inflation and Australian Wage Determination', Australian Bulletin of Labour, March.

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (1990) 'Australian Wage Inflation: Real Wage Resistance, Hysteresis and Incomes Policy: 1968(3)-1988(3)', The Manchester School, June, 142-164.

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (1990) 'An Analysis of the Impact of Incomes Policy in Australia on the Male Inter-industry Wage Structure' Journal of Industrial Relations, September, 353-66.

W.F. Mitchell (1990) 'High Farce: The 1990-91 Premiers' Conference', Public Service Review, 27(7), August.

W.F. Mitchell (1991) 'Wage Policy and Wages Determination in 1990', Journal of Industrial Relations, March.

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (1991) 'The Alleged Instability of the Okun's Law Relationship in Australia: An Empirical Analysis', Applied Economics, 23, December, 1829-38.

W.F. Mitchell (1992) 'Too little, Too late: 1992-93 Budget Commentary', Australian Left Review, August.

W.F. Mitchell (1993) 'Nation-Building', Australian Left Review, March.

W.F. Mitchell (1993) 'The impact of immigration on the trades' labour market', People and Place, 1(2) June.

W.F. Mitchell (1993) 'Demystifying the Deficit', Arena, October/November, 7.

W.F. Mitchell (1993) 'Testing for Unit Roots and Persistence in OECD Unemployment Rates', Applied Economics, 25, December, 1489-1501.

W.F. Mitchell (1994) 'Restoring Full Employment: A Problem of Policy Balance' The Australian Economic Review, First Quarter, 24-31.

W.F. Mitchell (1994) 'Investment, employment and real wages', Arena, October/November.

W.F. Mitchell (1995) 'Business Welfare - the other side of the Budget Deficit', Current Affairs Bulletin, 71(6), April.

W.F. Mitchell, C. Boys and C. Downs (1995) 'Measuring Leg Length Discrepancy', Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Abstracts, 47-48.

W.F. Mitchell (1996) 'Post Keynesian Theory', in Electronic Journal of Radical Organisation Theory, 2, June.

W.F. Mitchell (1996) 'Budget: Light from the Black Hole', Arena, 1996, 24, August-September.

W.F. Mitchell (1996) 'Why high levels of net migration present problems for unemployment and external debt stabilisation', People and Place, 4(1), 40-46.

W.F. Mitchell and R. Denniss (1997) 'Dividends of Pain', Arena, 27, February-March.

W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (1997) 'The Path to Full Employment', Australian Economic Review, 30(4), 1997, 436-44

J. Burgess and W.F. Mitchell (1998) 'Unemployment, Human Rights and a Full Employment Policy in Australia' Australian Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 1998.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Burgess (1998) 'Eight Propositions About Unemployment: An Australian Perspective”. Forum on Unemployment: New Visions. International Industrial Relations Society, Bologna, Italy.

W.F. Mitchell (1998) 'The Buffer Stock Employment Model - Full Employment without a NAIRU', Journal of Economic Issues, 32(2), 547-55.

J. Burgess and W.F. Mitchell (1998) 'Employment, Unemployment and the Right to Work', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 4(2), 76-94.

J. Burgess, W.F. Mitchell, D. O'Brien, and M.J. Watts (1998) 'Unemployment: Promises, Policies and Progress', Labour and Industry, 9(2), 103-22.

J. Burgess, W.F. Mitchell, D. O'Brien and M.J. Watts (2000) 'Workfare in Australia: A Critical Assessment', Journal of Socio-Economics, 29(2),

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (2000) 'The Costs of Unemployment', Economic and Labour Relations Review, 11(2), 180-197.

W.F. Mitchell (2000) 'The Job Guarantee in a small open economy', in E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (eds.), The Path to Full Employment, Supplement to Volume 11, The Economic and Labour Relations Review, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, 89-116.

W.F. Mitchell and E. Carlson (2000) 'The Path to Full Employment', in E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (eds.), The Path to Full Employment, Supplement to Volume 11, The Economic and Labour Relations Review, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, 1-11.

W.F. Mitchell (2001) 'The Job Guarantee and Inflation Control', in E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (eds.), Achieving Full Employment, Supplement to Volume 12, The Economic and Labour Relations Review, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, 10-25.

A. Valadkhani and W.F. Mitchell (2002) 'Assessing the Impact of Changes in Petroleum Prices on the Australian Economy', Australian Economic Review, 35(2), June, 122-132.

D. Biddle, J. Burgess, W.F. Mitchell, and M. O'Brien (2002) 'The Australian Labour Market in 2001', The Journal of Industrial Relations, June, 44(2), 171-197.

W.F. Mitchell and W. Mosler (2002) 'Fiscal Policy and the Job Guarantee', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 5(2), June, 243-60.

B. Cook, C. Dodds, and W.F. Mitchell (2003) 'Social Entrepreneurship: False Premises and Dangerous Forebodings', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 38(1), February, 57-75.

J. Burgess, W.F. Mitchell, and A. Preston (2003) 'The Australian Labour Market in 2002', The Journal of Industrial Relations, 5(2), June, 125-150.

S. Cowling and W.F. Mitchell (2003) 'False promise or false premise? Evaluating the Job Network', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 6(2), June.

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (2004) 'Wages and Wage Determination in 2003', The Journal of Industrial Relations, 46(2), June, 160-183.

W.F. Mitchell and Watts, M.J. (2004) 'Comparison of the Macroeconomic Consequences of Basic Income and Job Guarantee Schemes', Rutgers Journal of Law and Urban Policy, 2 1-24.

W.F. Mitchell and L.R. Wray (2005) 'In Defence of the Employer of Last Resort', Journal of Economic Issues, March.

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (2005) 'Wages and Wage Determination in 2004', The Journal of Industrial Relations, 47(2), June, 151-170.

W.F. Mitchell and Carlson, E. (2005) 'Exploring employment growth disparities across metropolitan and regional Australia', Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 11(1), 25-40 (this paper won the 2006 John Dickinson Memorial Award for the best paper published in that journal during 2005. This award is provided by the Australia New Zealand Regional Science Association).

S. Cowling, W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (2006) 'The right to work versus the right to income', International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment, 2(1), 89-113.

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (2006) 'Wages and Wage Determination in 2005', The Journal of Industrial Relations, 48(2), June,

W.F. Mitchell and W.B. Mosler (2006) 'Understanding the economic fallacies of the intergenerational debate', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 1(2), 159-170.

A. Bill, S. Cowling, W.F. Mitchell and V. Quirk (2006) 'Creating effective employment solutions for people with psychiatric disabilities', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 1(2), 209-220.

S. Cowling, R. LaJeunesse, W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (2006) 'Workchoices: the low productivity road to an underclass', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 1(2), 221-232.

A. Bill, W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (2006) 'Examining commuting patterns, employment growth and unemployment in Sydney', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 1(2), 233-245.

W.F. Mitchell, J. Myers and J. Juniper (2006) 'The dynamics of job creation and destruction in Australia', Australian Journal of Social Issues, Special Winter edition, 247-259.

W.F. Mitchell (2006) 'Accommodating unemployment: A Job Guarantee', Parity, 19(4), 24-26.

S. Cowling and W.F. Mitchell (2006) 'Taking the low road: minimum wage determination under 'Work Choices'', Australian Journal of Industrial

W.F. Mitchell and A. Bill (2006) 'Who benefits from Growth? Disadvantaged workers in growing regions', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 9(2), June, 239-255.

W.F. Mitchell and A. Bill (2006) 'The two-speed economy: the deterioration of the Sydney labour market', People and Place, forthcoming December 2006.

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (2007) 'Wages and Wage Determination in 2006', The Journal of Industrial Relations, 327-344.

W.F. Mitchell, A. Bill and M.J. Watts (2008) 'The Occupational Dimensions of Local Labour Markets in Australian Cities', Built Environment, 34(3).

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (2008) 'Wages and Wage Determination in 2007', The Journal of Industrial Relations, forthcoming.

Bill, A., W.F. Mitchell and R. Welters (2008) 'Job mobility and segmentation in Australian city labour markets', International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment, forthcoming.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Myers (2008) 'Are gross job flows in Australia sensitive to exchange rate fluctuations?', International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment, forthcoming.

Baum, S., A. Bill and W.F. Mitchell (2008) Labour Underutilisation in Metropolitan Labour Markets: Individual Characterisics, Personal Circumstances and Local Labour Markets, Urban Studies, 45(5), May, forthcoming.

Baum, S., A. Bill and W.F. Mitchell (2008) 'Using a Multi-level Framework to explain spatial disadvantage in Australia', Australian Geographer, forthcoming, accepted November 2007.

Baum, S., A. Bill and W.F. Mitchell (2008) 'Employability and Labour Underutilisation in Non-Metropolitan Labour Markets', Regional Studies, forthcoming, accepted February 1, 2008.

Baum, S., A. Bill and W.F. Mitchell (2008) 'Employability and Labour Underutilisation in Non-Metropolitan Labour Markets: Individual and Regional Labour Market Factors' Australasian Journal of Regional Science, volume 14(1), March, forthcoming.

Baum, S., A. Bill and W.F. Mitchell (2008) 'Using a Multi-Level Framework to Consider People and Place Based Regional Policy: An Illustration Using Regional Labour Market Outcomes?.' Regional Studies, forthcoming, accepted March 2008.

Conference Papers:

M.E. Burns and W.F. Mitchell (1983) 'What Economists have to say about Unemployment', presented to the ANZAAS Conference, Perth, May.

M.E. Burns and W.F. Mitchell (1983) 'Rational Expectations: A Critique', presented at the 12th Conference of Economists, Hobart, August.

W.F. Mitchell and F. Vella (1984) 'Award Wage Determination: Institutions or Market Forces', presented at 14th Conference of Economists, Sydney, May 13-18.

M.E. Burns and W.F. Mitchell (1986) 'Alternative Theories of Wages and Employment: An Empirical Approach', presented at the 16th Conference of Economists, Melbourne.

W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (1986) 'Centralised Wage Fixation and Aggregate Wage Inflation in Australia, 1968-86: An Empirical Analysis', presented at the 16th Conference of Economists, Melbourne.

W.F. Mitchell (1991) 'The Role of Econometrics in a Post-Keynesian Research Programme', presented to Conference of Post Keynesian Economists, Malvern, UK, August.

W.F. Mitchell (1992) 'Skilled Immigration and Structural Unemployment', paper presented to the Second National Immigration Outlook Conference, Sponsored by the Bureau of Immigration Research, Sydney, November.

W.F. Mitchell (1996) 'Unemployment and Inflation: A Demand Story', Paper presented to the European Unemployment Conference, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, November 21-23.

W.F. Mitchell (1996) 'Measuring the Impact of the Accord on Inflation', presented to the End of the Accord Conference, Victoria University, Melbourne, November.

W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (1997) 'The Path to Full Employment', presented at the Unemployment in Australia: In Search of Solutions Conference, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, November.

W.F. Mitchell (1998) 'The Buffer Stock Employment Model - Full Employment without a NAIRU', presented at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Sciences Association, Chicago, January.

J. Burgess, W.F. Mitchell, D. O'Brien and M.J. Watts (1998) 'Unemployment: Promises, Policies and Progress', presented at the Back to the Future Conference: Economic and Industrial Relations Policies of the Howard Government, University of Newcastle, April.

W.F. Mitchell (1998) 'The Buffer Stock Employment Model in a Small Open Economy', presented to the Functional Finance and Full Employment Conference, New School of Social Research, New York, April.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Burgess (1998) 'A Full Employment Policy Program for Australia?' presented to the ANZTSR Conference, Deakin University, June.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Burgess (1998) 'Eight Propositions about Unemployment', presented at the International Industrial Relations Association, 11th World Congress, Bologna, Italy, September.

W.F. Mitchell (1998) 'The Buffer Stock Employment Model - Full Employment without a NAIRU', Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Sciences Association, Chicago, January.

W.F. Mitchell (1998) 'The Buffer Stock Employment Model in a Small Open Economy', presented at the Functional Finance and Full Employment Conference, New School of Social Research, New York, April.

J. Burgess, W.F. Mitchell, D. O'Brien and M.J. Watts (1998) 'Unemployment: Promises, Policies and Progress', presented at the Back to the Future Conference: Economic and Industrial Relations Policies of the Howard Government, University of Newcastle, April.

J. Burgess, W.F. Mitchell, D. O'Brien and M.J. Watts (1998) 'Workfare in Australia: A Critical Assessment', presented at the Conference of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation, Arco, Italy, September.

J. Burgess, W.F. Mitchell, D. O'Brien and M.J. Watts (1998) 'Workfare in Australia and New Zealand: A Critical Assessment', presented at the 5th National Conference on Unemployment, RMIT, Melbourne, October.

W.F. Mitchell (1998) 'The Buffer Stock Employment Model - Open Economy Considerations', presented at the Path to Full Employment Conference, University of Newcastle, December.

J. Burgess, W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (1999) 'Unemployment: Conceptual and Measurement Issues', presented at the AASR Conference, University of NSW, February.

W.F. Mitchell (1999) 'The Buffer Stock Employment Model - Full Employment and Price Stability', ISS International Conference, Taegu, Korea, October.

W.F. Mitchell (1999) 'The Buffer Stock Employment Model - Inflation Control', presented at the Second Path to Full Employment Conference, University of Newcastle, December.

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (2000) 'Reducing the Costs of Unemployment in Australia: A Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of a Job Guarantee Program, using the Genuine Progress Indicator', presented at the Study Group on Unemployment Seminar, International Industrial Relations Association World Congress, Tokyo, May.

W.F. Mitchell, M.J. Watts and J. Burgess (2000) 'Job creation, unemployment and inequality in Australia', presented at the Study Group on Unemployment Seminar, International Industrial Relations Association World Congress, Tokyo, May.

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (2000) 'The Costs of Unemployment in Australia', presented at the Costs of Unemployment Conference, University of New South Wales, July.

W.F. Mitchell and E. Carlson (2000) 'Beyond the unemployment rate - labour underutilisation and underemployment in Australia and the USA', presented at the 7th National Conference on Unemployment: Unemployment and Labour Market Policies, University of Western Sydney, November.

W.F. Mitchell (2000) 'Full Employment Abandoned - the Role of the Public Sector', presented at the 7th National Conference on Unemployment: Unemployment and Labour Market Policies, University of Western Sydney, November.

E. Carlson, W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (2001) 'The Impact of New Forms of Wage Setting on Wage Outcomes in Australia', Employment Studies Centre Special Conference, presented at the Ten Years of Enterprise Bargaining Conference, May.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Muysken (2001) 'Aggregate demand should do the job', presented at the Third Path to Full Employment Conference, University of Newcastle, June.

W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (2001) 'Addressing demand deficient unemployment: the Job Guarantee', presented at the Third Path to Full Employment Conference, University of Newcastle, June.

W.F. Mitchell and W. Mosler (2001) 'Fiscal Policy and Full Employment', presented at the Creating Jobs: The Role of Government Conference, Australian National University, 6-7 September.

W.F. Mitchell (2001) 'Exploring labour market shocks in Australia, Japan and the USA', presented at the Understanding Unemployment in Australia, Japan and the USA Workshop, The University of Newcastle, December.

W.F. Mitchell and W. Mosler (2002) 'The imperative of fiscal policy for full employment', presented at the Allied Social Sciences Association Conference, Atlanta, USA, January.

W.F. Mitchell, J. Muysken and M.J. Watts (2002) 'Wage and Productivity Relationships in Australia and the Netherlands', presented at the AIRAANZ Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand, 6-8 February.

W.F. Mitchell (2002) 'Non-linearities in unemployment and demand-side policy for Australia, Japan and the USA', presented at the Unemployment, Inflation and Economic Policy Workshop, The University of Newcastle, April.

E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (2002) 'Labour underutilisation in Australia', in Carlson E. (ed.) The Path to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 4th Path to Full Employment Conference/9th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 4-6 December.

S. Cowling and W.F. Mitchell (2002) 'False promise or false premise? Evaluating the Job Network', in Carlson E. (ed.) The Path to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 4th Path to Full Employment Conference/9th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 4-6 December.

W.F. Mitchell and W. Mosler (2002) 'Public debt management and Australia's macroeconomic priorities', in Carlson E. (ed.) The Path to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 4th Path to Full Employment Conference/9th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 4-6 December.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Muysken (2002) 'Investment asymmetries, inflation and unemployment', in Carlson E. (ed.) The Path to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 4th Path to Full Employment Conference/9th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 4-6 December.

W.F. Mitchell and L. Reedman (2002) 'Fiscal policy and financial fragility: why macroeconomic policy is failing', in Carlson E. (ed.) The Path to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 4th Path to Full Employment Conference/9th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 4-6 December.

E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (2003) 'Labour underutilisation in Australia and Inflation', in Cowling, S. (ed.) The Underutilisation of Europe's Labour Resources, Proceedings of the CofFEE-Europe Workshop, University of Maastricht, 4-5 October 2002; 72-97.

S. Cowling and W.F. Mitchell (2002) 'False promise or false premise? Evaluating the Job Network', in Carlson E. (ed.) The Path to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 4th Path to Full Employment Conference/9th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 4-6 December, 54-66.

W.F. Mitchell and W. Mosler (2002) 'Public debt management and Australia's macroeconomic priorities', in Carlson E. (ed.) The Path to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 4th Path to Full Employment Conference/9th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 4-6 December, 141-153.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Muysken (2002) 'Investment asymmetries, inflation and unemployment', in Carlson E. (ed.) The Path to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 4th Path to Full Employment Conference/9th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 4-6 December, 154-166.

W.F. Mitchell and L. Reedman (2002) 'Fiscal policy and financial fragility: why macroeconomic policy is failing', in Carlson E. (ed.) The Path to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 4th Path to Full Employment Conference/9th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 4-6 December, 167-178.

E. Carlson and W.F. Mitchell (2003) 'Labour underutilisation in Australia and Inflation', in Cowling, S. (ed.) The Underutilisation of Europe's Labour Resources, Proceedings of the CofFEE-Europe Workshop, University of Maastricht, 4-5 October 2002; 72-97.

W.F. Mitchell and E. Carlson (2003) 'Why do disparities in employment growth across metropolitan and regional space occur?' in Carlson, E. (ed.) The Full Employment Imperative, Proceedings of the 5th Path to Full Employment Conference/10th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 10-12 December, 121-152.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Muysken (2003) 'Misrepresentation and fudge - the OECD NAIRU consensus', in Carlson, E. (ed.) The Full Employment Imperative, Proceedings of the 5th Path to Full Employment Conference/10th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 4-6 December, 165-182.

W.F. Mitchell and M. Watts (2003) 'In defence of the Job Guarantee', in Carlson, E. (ed.) The Full Employment Imperative, Proceedings of the 5th Path to Full Employment Conference/10th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 10-12 December, 183-196.

W.F. Mitchell and W. Mosler (2003) 'The Intergenerational Report - myths and solutions', in Carlson, E. (ed.) The Full Employment Imperative, Proceedings of the 5th Path to Full Employment Conference/10th National Conference on Unemployment, University of Newcastle, 10-12 December, 153-164.

W.F. Mitchell and L.R. Wray (2004) 'Full employment through a Job Guarantee: a response to the critics', in Carlson E. (ed) A Future that works: economics, employment and the environment, Proceedings of the 6th Path to Full Employment Conference and the 11th National Conference on Unemployment, 21-36.

A. Bill, S. Cowling, W.F. Mitchell and V. Quirk (2004) 'Creating Effective Employment Solutions for People with Psychiatric Disability', in Carlson E. (ed) A Future that works,: economics, employment and the environment, Proceedings of the 6th Path to Full Employment Conference and the 11th National Conference on Unemployment, 74-83.

W.F. Mitchell (2004) 'Labour underutilisation and regional labour force data estimates', in Carlson E. (ed) A Future that works: economics, employment and the environment, Proceedings of the 6th Path to Full Employment Conference and the 11th National Conference on Unemployment, 294-311.

W.F. Mitchell and A. Bill (2004) 'Spatial dependence in regional unemployment in Australia', in Carlson E. (ed) A Future that works: economics, employment and the environment, Proceedings of the 6th Path to Full Employment Conference and the 11th National Conference on Unemployment, 312-326.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Muysken (2004) 'Involuntary unemployment getting to the heart of the problem', in Carlson E. (ed) A Future that works: economics, employment and the environment, Proceedings of the 6th Path to Full Employment Conference and the 11th National Conference on Unemployment, 327-339.

J. Juniper, W.F. Mitchell and J. Myers (2004) 'Small business employment dynamics in Australia', in Carlson E. (ed) A Future that works: economics, employment and the environment, Proceedings of the 6th Path to Full Employment Conference and the 11th National Conference on Unemployment, 239-251.

M.J. Watts and W.F. Mitchell (2004) 'A comparison of the macroeconomic consequences of basic income and job guarantee schemes', Basic Income European Network 10th Bi-annual Congress, Barcelona.

A. Bill and W.F. Mitchell (2005) 'Local indicators of spatial association in unemployment in Australia', ARCRNSISS Methods, Tools and Techniques Workshop, Newcastle, June.

W.F. Mitchell and A. Bill (2005) 'A spatial econometric analysis of the irreversibility of long term unemployment in Australia', ARCRNSISS Methods, Tools and Techniques Workshop, Newcastle, June.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Juniper (2005) 'Towards a Spatial Keynesian macroeconomics', presented to The Keynesian Legacy in Macroeconomic Modeling Conference, Cassino, Italy, September.

A. Bill and W.F. Mitchell (2005) 'Who benefits from growth? Disadvantaged workers in growing regions', Lord of the Regions Conference, Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association, Auckland, September.

A. Bill, W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (2005) 'Examining the relationship between commuting patterns, employment growth and unemployment in the Sydney Major Statistical Region', National State of the Cities Conference, Brisbane, November.

W.F. Mitchell, J. Muysken and R. Welters (2005) 'Search behaviour and the casualties of the (dual) labour market', in G. Wrightson (ed.), Creating a Culture of Full Employment, Proceedings of the 7th Path to Full Employment Conference/12th National Conference on Unemployment, December, 269-283.

W.F. Mitchell, J. Myers and J. Juniper (2005) 'The dynamics of job creation and job destruction in Australia', in G. Wrightson (ed.), Creating a Culture of Full Employment, Proceedings of the 7th Path to Full Employment Conference/12th National Conference on Unemployment, December, 284-306.

S. Cowling and W.F. Mitchell (2005) 'Taking the low road: minimum wage determination under 'Work Choices', in G. Wrightson (ed.), Creating a Culture of Full Employment, Proceedings of the 7th Path to Full Employment Conference/12th National Conference on Unemployment, December, 196-206.

W.F. Mitchell and A. Bill (2005) 'Who benefits from employment growth?', in G. Wrightson (ed.), Creating a Culture of Full Employment, Proceedings of the 7th Path to Full Employment Conference/12th National Conference on Unemployment, December, 254-268.

W.F. Mitchell and V. Quirk (2005) 'Skills shortages in Australia: concepts and reality', in G. Wrightson (ed.), Creating a Culture of Full Employment, Proceedings of the 7th Path to Full Employment Conference/12th National Conference on Unemployment, December, 307-323.

W.F. Mitchell and W.B. Mosler (2006) 'Buffer stocks and monetary policy - the role of the central bank', Third International Conference, Developments in Economic Theory and Policy, Bilbao, Spain, July.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Myers (2006) 'Are gross job flows sensitive to exchange rate movements?', in G. Wrightson (ed.), The Constraints to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 8th Path to Full Employment Conference/13th National Conference on Unemployment, December, forthcoming.

A. Bill, W.F. Mitchell and R. Welters (2006) 'Bumping down in Australian labour markets', in G. Wrightson (ed.), The Constraints to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 8th Path to Full Employment Conference/13th National Conference on Unemployment, December, forthcoming.

A. Bill and W.F. Mitchell (2006) 'Great Expectations - migration and labour market outcomes in Australia', in G. Wrightson (ed.), The Constraints to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 8th Path to Full Employment Conference/13th National Conference on Unemployment, December, forthcoming.

W.F. Mitchell and Muysken, (2006) 'Employment is driven by aggregate demand', in G. Wrightson (ed.), The Constraints to Full Employment, Proceedings of the 8th Path to Full Employment Conference/13th National Conference on Unemployment, December, forthcoming.

S. Baum, A. Bill and W.F. Mitchell (2007) 'Employability and Labour Underutilisation in Non-Metropolitan Labour Markets: Individual and Regional Labour Market Factors.?; in Dalziel, P. (ed.), Building Sustainable Growth in SMEs, Refereed Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association International. Lincoln University: AERU Research Unit, 2007, 1-18.

A. Bill, W.F. Mitchell, and R. Welters (2007) 'Job Mobility and Segmentation in Australian City Labour Markets', in HILDA Survey Research Conference Proceedings, Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne, July.

A. Bill, W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (2007) 'The Occupational Dimensions of Local Labour Markets in Australia', in State of Australian Cities National Conference Refereed Proceedings, 2nd National State of Australian Cities, Adelaide, November, 182-197.

B. Cook, W.F. Mitchell and M.J. Watts (2007) 'The failed full employability paradigm', in Wrightson, G. (ed.), The Challenge to Restore Full Employment, Proceedings of the 9th Path to Full Employment Conference/14th National Conference on Unemployment, December, 31-51

W.F. Mitchell and A. Bill (2007) 'Labour Underutilisation in Metropolitan Labour Markets: Individual and Contextual Factors', in Wrightson, G. (ed.), The Challenge to Restore Full Employment, Proceedings of the 9th Path to Full Employment Conference/14th National Conference on Unemployment, December, 66-84.

W.F. Mitchell, R. Welters (2007) 'Labour Reform and Labour Mobility within Cities: have the Hartz reforms succeeded?', in Wrightson, G. (ed.), The Challenge to Restore Full Employment, Proceedings of the 9th Path to Full Employment Conference/14th National Conference on Unemployment, December, 85-103.

W.F. Mitchell, A. Bill, and M.J. Watts (2007) 'Identifying functional regions in Australia using hierarchical aggregation techniques', in Wrightson, G. (ed.), The Challenge to Restore Full Employment, Proceedings of the 9th Path to Full Employment Conference/14th National Conference on Unemployment, December, 245-273.

W.F. Mitchell and J. Muysken (2007) 'Full employment does not mean low unemployment', in Wrightson, G. (ed.), The Challenge to Restore Full Employment, Proceedings of the 9th Path to Full Employment Conference/14th National Conference on Unemployment, December, 274-290.

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