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Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Annual Report 2020 Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan, Joanna Holcombe, Caroline Stewart 2020 was a year like no other for many of us. Along with the rest of the world, the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre needed to adapt to the realities of a global pandemic. The pandemic also brought a pressing need... Read article 2 March 2021Annual Report Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – January 2021 Alan Duncan, Rebecca Cassells, Michael Dockery The BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update provides expert insights and analysis around the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labour force data release, focusing on employment patterns across state and territories. Full-time work grows, part-time work falls, but hours worked plummet?... Read article 26 February 2021Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
Back in Business? WA Small Businesses and the Impact of COVID-19 Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan, Daniel Kiely The impact of COVID-19 has been felt across the economy and business sector, but for small businesses these shocks can be more challenging to deal with, with fewer resources to draw from. The latest lockdown is a set-back for WA’s... Read article 5 February 2021Focus on WA Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – December 2020 Alan Duncan, Rebecca Cassells, Michael Dockery The BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update provides expert insights and analysis around the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labour force data release, focusing on employment patterns across state and territories. Employment recovery continues: but will full-time work catch up?... Read article 29 January 2021Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary – November 2020 Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan, Daniel Kiely, Silvia Salazar This Western Australia Quarterly Economic Commentary analyses the most recent data on economic and social indicators for WA. Key findings from this edition include: Careful navigation required, as optimism emerges in the New Year horizon Through a combination of geographic isolation, good management... Read article 27 November 2020Quarterly Economic Commentary Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – October 2020 Alan Duncan, Rebecca Cassells, Michael Dockery The BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update provides expert insights and analysis around the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labour force data release, focusing on employment patterns across state and territories. Labour Market Recovery full speed ahead as Victoria opens... Read article 23 November 2020Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
Green Shoots: Opportunities to grow a sustainable WA economy Steven Bond-Smith, Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan, Astghik Mavisakalyan, Silvia Salazar, Maria Sandoval-Guzman, Richard Seymour, Chris Twomey Green Shoots: Opportunities to grow a sustainable WA economy, the fifth report in the Focus on Industry series, looks at the green economy, taking stock of the current environmental footprint and development of ‘green’ sectors as well as identifying opportunities... Read article 12 November 2020BCEC Reports  |  Focus on Industry Read More
BCEC Policy Brief 2020: Low-Middle Income Tax Offset Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan Our assessment of the combined personal tax, rebate and JobSeeker reforms include combined and separate impacts of the following changes to the tax-transfer system over the 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years relative to a base year (2019-20). These include: Bringing... Read article 29 October 2020Taxation and Welfare  |  Policy Briefs Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – September 2020 Alan Duncan, Rebecca Cassells, Michael Dockery The BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update provides expert insights and analysis around the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labour force data release, focusing on employment patterns across state and territories. Labour Market Recovering: a more positive outlook for Victoria... Read article 20 October 2020Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
JobKeeper: The efficacy of Australia’s first short-time wage subsidy Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan The Australian JobKeeper wage subsidy is an unprecedented public policy response to a once in a century health and economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus of this paper is on the efficacy of the Australian JobKeeper program... Read article 25 September 2020COVID-19 Insights  |  Journal Articles Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – August 2020 Alan Duncan, Rebecca Cassells, Michael Dockery The BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update provides expert insights and analysis around the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labour force data release, focusing on employment patterns across state and territories. August’s rebound in the labour market surprised everyone, with... Read article 18 September 2020Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
The Early Years: Investing in our Future Presentation Rebecca Cassells, Daniel Kiely This latest report in the Centre’s Focus on Western Australia series, the thirteenth in this series, looks at the importance of the early years for young children in influencing outcomes in later life. It also highlights the disparity between advantage and... Read article 2 September 2020Presentations Read More