Non‑compete clauses stop employees from joining competing companies or starting their own rival businesses. This study looked at the link between non‑compete clauses and wages in Australia. It finds that workers with these clauses usually don’t get higher pay in return. The findings support government action to reduce harmful uses of non‑compete clauses.

Recent papers have argued that monetary policy and economic conditions can influence the amount of innovative activity in the economy, and therefore productivity and living standards in the future. This paper examines whether this is the case for Australia - a small open economy that tends to import innovation from overseas.

This paper finds that firm-specific factors such as undertaking research and development, persistence of innovation, collaboration, foreign ownership, a business focus on innovation, and core business skills in IT and management are associated with higher levels of innovation novelty.

This paper studies the effects of increases in payroll tax thresholds on wages, employment and capital expenditure in Australia. The estimates within provide no evidence in favor of the hypothesis that a lower payroll tax burden increases wages, employment or capital expenditure.