Dr Ian Watson

Overview

Dr Ian Watson BA (Hons), ANU, DipEd, CCAE, M.Ed., PhD Canberra is a former senior research fellow at the Australian Centre for Industrial Relations and Training, University of Sydney who is currently employed as a Freelance Researcher. Dr Watson is a highly skilled quantitative researcher and statistician with a background in teaching statistics. He is highly experienced in survey design and analysis and has written several computer programs for the Stata statistical package.

Publications

2008

Watson, I. “Low Paid Jobs and Unemployment: Churning in the Australian Labour Market, 2001 to 2006”, Australian Journal of Labour Economics Volume 11 Number 1 2008 pp 71 - 96

Watson, I. “The low paid workforce and labour market transitions: Assessing the impact of unemployment on earnings at the bottom of the labour market”, Paper for Minimum Wage Research Forum, Fair Pay Commission, Melbourne October 2008.

Watson, I. (2008) 'Skills in use: labour market and workplace trends in skills use in Australia', Paper presented to Jobs Australia National Conference, Brisbane, 8 September 2008.

Watson, I. (2008) Skills in use: labour market and workplace trends in skills use in Australia, Report for NSW Department of Education and Training (Skills Ecosystem Project, see www.skillecosystem.net for more details)
August 2008.

Watson, I. (2008) Vendor Training in NSW, A Report for BVET, July 2008.

Watson, I. “Low Paid Workers in NSW: Insights from HILDA”, NSW State Wage Case, May 2008.

Watson, I. (2008) Is demography moving against the Coalition? Age and the conservative vote in Australia, 1987 to 2007, Report for Australian Policy Online, March 2008.

Watson, I. (2008) Blue-collar support for the Coalition 1987 to 2007, Report for Australian Policy Online, February 2008.

2007

Watson, I. (2007) Is demography moving against the Coalition? Age and the conservative vote in Australia, 1987 to 2004, Report for Australian Policy Online, May 2007.

Watson, I. (2007) Low paid workers in Australia: insights from HILDA, Report for IR Victoria, March 2007.

Goot, M. and Watson, I. (2007) ‘Are ‘’Aspirationals” Different?’ in S. Wilson, G. Meagher, R. Gibson, D. Denemark and M. Western, eds, Australian Social Attitudes: The Second Report, UNSW Press, Sydney.

Goot, M. and Watson, I. (2007) ‘Explaining Howard’s Success Social Structure, Issue Agendas and Party Support, 1993-2004’ Australian Journal of Political Science 42(2), pp. 253–276