Sustained employment growth has reduced unemployment - and even long-term unemployment - to very low levels.

It featured pledges on electoral reform, reduced unemployment, a single welfare benefit and an industrial democracy act.

Economists expect the reduced unemployment benefits supplement will cut income by about $70 billion in August.

Economists estimated that the reduced unemployment benefits supplement cut income by about $70 billion in August.

Economic growth running at four per cent and reduced unemployment have given the government a 45 per cent approval rating.

That doesn't necessarily go hand in hand with reduced unemployment, but it creates a more bimodal set of opportunities, Autor said.

Mr Arthur introduced a number of innovative economic reforms and reduced unemployment from above 20 per cent in 1994 to seven per cent in 2000.