Positioned for an Ideas Boom is the fourth report in the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Focus on the States series. The report examines an issue of central importance to maintaining economic growth, improving competitiveness and creating jobs – productivity and innovation.

This report examines the impact of Australia's temporary work visa programs on the Australian labour market and on the temporary work visa holders. Although a range of varied and specific matters were raised during the course of the inquiry, certain themes run across one or more of the temporary visa programs. The report is therefore...

Results of this report suggest that over employment has adverse consequences. Abstract Nationally representative panel survey data for Australia and Germany are used to investigate the impact of working-time mismatches (i.e., differences between actual and desired work hours) on mental health, as measured by the Mental Component Summary Score from the SF-12. Fixed effects and...

The Australian higher education sector has had a number of changes in the recent past. Notably, the Bradley (2008) Review of Australian Higher Education had recommended an increase in higher education access and completion by individuals from equity groups or backgrounds. Since the Bradley Review, there have been increases in the higher education participation of...

New Zealanders living in Australia have been given a new way of becoming citizens. But only some of them stand to benefit “WHAT the new policy does is penalise New Zealanders engaged in low-paid work. The ‘occupation matrix’ in the Department of Employment ’s annual overview of the labour market, Australian Jobs 2015, shows that...