Published in: Economic and Labour Relations Review 14(2), January 2004, pp. 187- 207.] Jobless Households in Australia: Incidence, Characteristics and Financial Consequences Rosanna Scutella and Mark Wooden Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne Address for correspondence Mark Wooden Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research 6 th floor, Economics and Commerce Building The University of Melbourne VICTORIA 3010. Email: m.wooden@unimelb.edu.au Tel: 03 8344 8882 Acknowledgements The authors thank the Australian Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services for funding the research reported in this article, for providing permission to release the findings and for providing access to the data in the confidentialised unit record file from the Department of Family and Community Services’ (FaCS) Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, which is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne. The findings and views reported in the paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either the Minister for Family and Community Services, the Australian Department of Family and Community Services, the Australian Government or the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. Thanks also go to two anonymous referees for their useful suggestions.