Notes for contributors

The Australian Journal of Labour Economics is a forum for the analysis of labour economics and labour relations. It is particularly focused on theoretical and policy developments in respect of Australian labour markets. Interdisciplinary approaches are particularly encouraged.

The AJLE invites submissions of articles in the following areas:

• Time allocation, work behaviour, and employment determination
• Wages, compensation, and labour costs
• Labour-management relations, trade unions, and collective bargaining
• Work organization and the sociology of work
• Productivity
• Income and wealth distribution
• Mobility, unemployment, labour force participation and vacancies
• Gender, ethnicity, labour market segmentation and discrimination
• Population and demography in respect of the labour market

While contributors to the AJLE are expected to demonstrate theoretical or empirical originality - and preferably both - they should make their work accessible to readers from a non-technical background. Further, as a means of strengthening the integration of theory and practice the AJLE welcomes reflective contributions from practitioners. The AJLE recognises that the areas of labour economics and labour relations are subject to controversy and aims to provide an arena for debate.

Authors receive two free copies of the issue in which their article appears and a pdf copy.

Copyright lies with the Centre for Labour Market Research. However, no limitation will be placed on the author to copy or use the article or material contained in the article.

Submission of Manuscripts

Microsoft Word (PC) ONLY

Number of words
Should not normally exceed 8000 words and contain an abstract of approximately 150 words. Times New Roman TEXT 12pt.

Format

• Title Heading 
  Century Gothic 14pt BOLD lower case.
  Double spacing and margins should be justified on left and right hand sides.
  Author(s) contact details and acknowledgement (author(s) discretion) to be placed at bottom of title page in 10pt.
  Please also include, at least, three EconLit Subject Descriptors {http://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/subject.php} on title page.
  
• First level headings
   Numbered Century Gothic 12pt BOLD lower case.
  
• Secondary headings italics Century Gothic 12pt BOLD lower case.
• No headers or footers to be included.
• No double comment marks, only single (ie. 'economics' instead of "economics").
• All footnote marks to be placed at the end of the sentence immediately after a full-stop, and should be numbered in sequence and placed at the bottom of each relevant page. 
• Use 'per cent' (not percent or %). Use 'i.e.,' and 'e.g.,'. Use words rather than figures in the body of the paper up to 10 (i.e., 'one' instead of '1'). In the text italicize as in 'et al.' (make sure that there is a full stop for al. as it is short for alia). In the text use 'et al.' when there are more than three authors and just use the first author followed by et al.
• References
  In the references list the full set of authors. Australian English spelling throughout. Use 'programs' and not 'programmes'. Use 'radomised' and not 'randomized'.
  All references in the reference list shall use the spelling of the original (e.g., if U.S. spelling is used in the original title of an article then it should be used in the reference list). 
• Tables and figures
  Should be included at the back of the paper with a note in the text where they should be inserted.
  Tables should be created in Word Table Column format ONLY.
  Numbers in tables should be right centred in columns. 
• Citations
  If referring  to years of publication you do not need a comma inserted. Indeed, any use of a four digit year does not need a comma to denote the thousands. 
  In figures, use a heavy line for the first series, a light line for the second, a heavy dashed line for the third series and a light dashed line for the fourth.
• Legend
  Include a legend at the bottom of the graph. Figure headings should not be embedded in the figure artwork itself but be separate to the figure and sit with the text.
• Appendices should come before the references and be numbered: A1, A2 etc.  

Reference style
References in the text to conform to the styles:

James (1989) models the ...

James (1989, p. 23) suggests that ...

(see, James, 1987; Laclan, 1976; and Zuiter, 1967).

All references cited in the body of the paper must be cited in the reference list. Only references cited in the body of the paper can be listed in the reference list. References in the reference list to conform to the following styles:

Carter, J. (1998), 'Studying Social Policy after Modernity', in J. Carter, (ed.),  Postmodernity and the Fragmentation of Welfare, Routledge, London.

Considine, M. (2000), 'Selling the Unemployed: the Performance of Bureaucracies, Firms and Non-Profits in the New Australian 'Market' for Unemployment Assistance', Social Policy and Administration, 34, 274-295.

It is the policy of the editors to send submitted papers to two referees. The names of authors are not disclosed to referees.

Submission of manuscripts

Manuscripts should be emailed to Pat Madden: patricia.madden@cbs.curtin.edu.au