The Job Creation Role of New Shopping Centres — An Australian Experience

Abstract

The recent high levels of unemployment in Western economies have focused the attention of politicians, policy makers and businessmen on the employment impact of substantial new investment decisions. Of major concern is whether a proposed investment will lead to a net increase or decrease in the total workforce. In addition, considerable attention is given to issues such as the skill levels of workers required by the new project, the impact on the economically disadvantaged and the impact on women and minorities. In many industrialised economies, such as Australia, this concern is expressed against a background of a decreasing proportion of the workforce engaged in primary and secondary industry and an increasing proportion engaged in tertiary industry.

Citation

Kiel, G. (1983), "The Job Creation Role of New Shopping Centres — An Australian Experience", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 4 No. 4, pp. 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb044934