The 2012-31 Regional Roadmap provides both an overview of the Sunshine Coast economy in a State of the Region report and outlines the Priority Focus Areas that Regional Development Australia Sunshine Coast can implement, in collaboration with industry leaders and organisations. The priority focus areas have been developed over time in collaboration with a variety...

Based on the variable rate of gross domestic product per capita growth and its sources, this paper first identifies five phases of economic development that are common to China, Japan, and Korea. But there are also marked differences in the onset, duration, and institutional forms of these phases across these economies. In order to understand...

New Zealand has an enviable international reputation as a country where it is relatively common for women to hold top leadership roles in government and in organisations. Of 36 OECD countries, in 2003 New Zealand had the 4th highest representation of women in senior management with 31% of such positions held by women. However, by...

Single‐sex classes within coeducational environments are likely to modify students' risk‐taking attitudes in economically important ways. To test this, we designed a controlled experiment using first year college students who made choices over real‐stakes lotteries at two distinct dates. Students were randomly assigned to classes of three types: all female, all male, and coeducational. They...

This draft report has been released as part of an inquiry into the key reform areas that the State Government should target to improve productivity, labour force participation and Victoria’s overall economic competitiveness. The release of this draft report gives interested participants the opportunity to comment on the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission’s analysis in...