Labour Market Adjustment, Knowledge Economies and the Patchwork Nation
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Labour Market Adjustment, Knowledge Economies and the Patchwork Nation
Professor Andrew BeerCentre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning
University of Adelaide2 December 2011
The Patchwork Economy?
• Dutch Disease– De-industrialisation – Processes of adjustment
• Efficient, effective • What role the knowledge economy?
• Are there other pathways?
The Illawarra
The South Australian Case
• South Australia as a ‘traded goods’ state – Manufacturing – Agriculture – Mineral products
• Impacts of restructuring – MMAL in Southern Adelaide – Loxton Waikerie
Average Wage and Salary Earnings, 2003-04 to 2008-09,
SA, Loxton Waikerie and Onkaparinga
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09Average Wage & Salary Income ($)
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South AustraliaLoxton Waikerie (DC)Onkaparinga (C)
Average Unincorporated Business Earnings, 2003-04 to 2008-09, SA, Loxton Waikerie and Onkaparinga
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South AustraliaLoxton Waikerie (DC)Onkaparinga (C)
Average Earnings from All Sources, 2003-04 to 2008-09, SA, Loxton Waikerie and Onkaparinga
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-090
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Loxton WaikerieOnkaparinga South Australia
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
Outcomes
Site of MG Rover, mid 2008
AusComposites
Redarc Electronics
Alloy Technologies
Cubic Pacific
Ingham's Enterprises
Fibrelogic Pty LtdResource Co.
PBR Australia
ScreenCheck Aust.
True Life Creations
Origin Energy Solar Pty Ltd
Jumbo Vision InternationalIntercast & Forge
Inpak Foods
Seeley International
BD Farms Paris Creek
Normanville Export Meatworks
Peats Soil & Garden Supp.(Willunga)
Peats Soil and Garden Supp.(Dublin)
GulfSt. Vincent
GulfSt. Vincent
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Industry of Most Recent Employment, Wave 2
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Datum: GDA94Projection: Lambert Conformal ConicData Source: School of Geography, Flinders University 2007.Australian Bureau of Statistics 2007.
Created by Nicole MahoneyDate: 26th July 2007.
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Local Government Area
Lonsdale
Dealing with Labour Market Immobility: West Midlands
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?
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
Other Pathways?Tampere, Finland