Economic indicators
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Parallel lives: regionally rebalancing wealth, power and opportunity
This report and recommendations are rooted in citizen conversations that IPPR researchers held across England over the past year. Far from attempting to cover all aspects of regional inequality, the report instead seeks to represent the views of the citizens the researchers spoke to on what they thought would make the most difference in their...
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Productivity growth and wages – a forensic look
This research examines the evidence on whether wages have kept up with labour productivity in the past few decades. The Productivity Commission finds that in all industries, except for mining and agriculture – which account for over 95% of employment – the difference between productivity growth and wages growth has been relatively low.
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Chronically unaffordable housing: a global review of the biggest threat to Sydney’s competitiveness
This paper puts Sydney’s housing challenge in an economic context by scanning current international evidence and case studies from other global cities experiencing the same challenge.
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Hangovers and hard landings: financial wellbeing and the impact of the COVID-19 and inflationary crises, August 2023
This paper uses data from the August 2023 ANUpoll, as well as previous waves of data collection, to analyse financial wellbeing in Australia, and how it has changed since prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Intergenerational report 2023
The 2023 Intergenerational report projects the outlook of the economy and the Australian Government’s budget to 2062-63. This is the sixth report. Its analysis and projections of the key drivers of economic growth will help inform and improve public policy settings to better position Australia for the next 40 years.