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New Research

The impact of a sustained gender wage gap on the Australian economy

16 March 2010Pay inequity costs the Australian economy $93 billion per year, or 8.5% of GDP, according to this report.

Rates of return to university education: the regression discontinuity design

15 March 2010This paper develops a model to estimate the value of returning to a university degree and the causal effect of a university education on earnings in China.

The economic vitality report: the impact of the GFC on Australians

15 March 2010Althrough the global financial crisis proved to be more of a slowdown than a recession in Australia and that the economy improved throughout 2009, this report finds that more people felt their personal circumstances had declined.

Knowledge foundations for the development of sustainable wildlife enterprises in remote Indigenous communities of Australia

15 March 2010This paper addresses issues of complementarity and conflict across Indigenous ecological knowledge and western science.

Australian vocational education and training: Apprentices and trainees 2009 - September quarter

15 March 2010Estimates of apprentice and trainee activity in Australia for the September quarter, 2009 are presented in this publication.

The effectiveness of the traineeship model

12 March 2010The traineeship model is currently targeted at a broader group of people compared with the original target group of young unemployed persons as envisaged by the Kirby Enquiry.
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Business & finance

Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia

16 March 2010This report provides an economy-wide blueprint for how Australia can achieve an ambitious reduction in greenhouse gas emissions while building a growing low-carbon economy.

Evidence and perceptions of inequality in Australia

15 March 2010This paper considers the ways in which globalising economic forces have affected the level of income and wealth inequality within Australian society.

Income & wealth

Commentary

It takes more than money to raise a child

16 March 2010We are still very far from resolving the complex relationship between children, parents and work, writes Sarah Kanowski in Eureka Street

A changing pattern of childlessness

23 February 2010Do the demands of high-status professions explain childlessness among some women? Robert Tanton describes new research findings

Central banks could learn more from experience

17 February 2010While the lessons of the 1970s and 1980s had been learned well, it seems that little or nothing has been learned from the failures of the past decade, writes John Quiggin
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Audio

The great crash of 2008

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19 October 2009This public forum discusses the book The Great Crash of 2008 by Ross Garnaut, with David Llewellyn-Smith and the events that impacted on financial market regulation, security and the Asia-Pacific region.

Temporary migration: a permanent policy change?

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31 August 2009Peter Mares discusses the implications for this fundamental shift in Australian immigration policy.

Employment

Video

Flight of the Kiwi: Perspectives on migration from Aotearoa/New Zealand

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15 January 2010Why are so many New Zealanders flocking to Australian shores, and what can be done to stop the so-called Kiwi ‘brain drain’?

Modern monetary theory interviews

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04 December 2009In this 4-part series of interviews leading modern monetary theory developers Professors Bill Mitchell and Randy Wray talk about their work and how it applies to the operation of fiscal policy.

Economic policy

Websites

Indigenous Vocational Education and Training

15 March 2010 The purpose of this resource is to provide a simple summary of NCVER's statistics and research on Indigenous Australians and vocational education and training (VET).

Mature workers mean business

19 February 2010This website showcases stories from the workplace featuring older workers and their employers. It also debunks common myths about older workers and offers strategies to attract and retain mature workers.

Ethics Advisory Service

11 September 2009The Ethics Advisory Service is designed for Australian Public Service (APS) employees who want advice on ethical issues in the workplace and on how to make sound decisions around these issues.

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Events

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Indigenous Land Management with Economic Development
24 Mar 2010 - 9:00am - 25 Mar 2010 - 5:30am
Darwin
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ACOSS National Conference 2010: A vote for equity
25 Mar 2010 - 9:00am - 26 Mar 2010 - 5:00pm
Canberra
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Workforce Policy in 2010 and Into the Future
31 Mar 2010
Sydney

Books

Introducing China: the world's oldest great power charts its next comeback

Introducing China: the world's oldest great power charts its next comeback

  • Ron Huisken
  • ANU E Press
China's transformation has been patiently, methodically and very deliberately constructed by a leadership group that has equally carefully protected its monopoly on power.
Best Australian political cartoons 2009

Best Australian political cartoons 2009

  • Edited by Russ Radcliffe
  • Scribe Publications
The year in politics as seen by Australia’s funniest and most perceptive political cartoonists.

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