A price on carbon will have a marginal effect on the number of jobs in the mining industry compared to the normal ebb and flow of the employment market, according to this report. It is commonplace in Australian policy debate for groups presumed to be adversely affected by proposed policies to provide estimates of the...

Australia’s National Drought Policy is considered to be one of the most advanced in the world, recognising as it does the reality of climate and focusing on adapting farm management to climatic uncertainty rather than simply subsidising agriculture in low rainfall areas. But while the underlying principles of the Policy seem to be sound, after...

This paper outlines Australia's experience with labour market programs since 1973 and uses existing information to assess the effectiveness of the programs, especially those which are designed to assist the unemployed, wage subsidies and direct job creation.

This paper compares and contrasts international experience with respect to higher education financing. The size and payment forms of tuition, and the different types and levels of public sector support, are illustrated for a large number of countries.

Under HECS former students with a debt face a sharp discontinuity. At the first repayment threshold they are required to repay a percentage of their entire income, resulting in an effective marginal tax rate that could be regarded as being as high as 76,000 percent. The authors formally model the taxpayer decision, and then use...