Research Interests
Older worker employment issues, ageing society policy, hidden unemployment, segmented labour market theory, econometrics
Selected publications
O'Brien, M. J., Valadkhani, A., Waring, P. & Denniss, R. (2007). "The Australian Labour Market in 2006", Journal of Industrial Relations, 49 (3), 311-26
O'Brien, M.J. (2005) "Industry Representation, Structural Change and the Older Male Worker in Australia (1985 to 2005)", Australian Bulletin of Labour, /31 /(3), 270-94.
O’Brien, M.J., and Burgess, J., (2004) “Workforce Developments Affecting the Adequacy of Superannuation”, /The Journal of Australian Political Economy/, No 53 June 2004, pp179-90.
O’Brien, M.J. (2001) “Older Male Labour Force Participation: the Role of Social Security and Hidden Unemployment”, /Australian Journal of Labour Economics/ 4 (3), 206-23.
