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BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – April 2018 Alan Duncan, Rebecca Cassells, Yashar Tarverdi Welcome to the April 2018 edition of the BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update. Produced monthly, this economic commentary explores the latest labour force data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), providing expert insights and analysis around key labour market indicators. This latest... Read article 24 May 2018Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
Who are the future volunteers in rural places? Amanda Davies, Leonie A. Lockstone-Binney, Kirsten Holmes This paper examines the demographic characteristics of the current pool of volunteers for rural areas and how volunteering relates to individuals’ rural background, sense of connection to the community and future intentions to remain in the community. The paper uses... Read article 1 May 2018Journal Articles Read More
BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary – March 2018 Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan, Daniel Kiely This Western Australia Quarterly Economic Commentary analyses the most recent data on economic and social indicators for WA, as at the end of Q1 2018. This quarter we have re-highlighted the importance of mining and China for the WA economy, and include a... Read article 10 April 2018Quarterly Economic Commentary Read More
The nexus between equity markets and housing prices in Australia Kelly Burns, Steven Rowley, George Tawadros, Ankita Mishra This BCEC Feature report examines the impact of equity and energy prices on house prices across Australian capital cities and regional Western Australia, over the period 2000 to 2014. Energy prices, for the purposes of this study, refers to a broad range... Read article 12 March 2018Feature Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – January 2018 Alan Duncan, Rebecca Cassells, Yashar Tarverdi Welcome to the ninth edition of the BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update. Produced monthly, this economic commentary explores the latest labour force data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), providing expert insights and analysis around key labour market indicators. Key findings from January... Read article 23 February 2018Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
Exploring travel patterns of Chinese holiday tourists in Western Australia Mikhail Prude Carcausto Zea, Jianhong (Cecilia) Xia, Torsten Reiners, Kirsten Holmes This conference paper was included in CAUTHE 2018: Get Smart: Paradoxes and Possibilities in Tourism, Hospitality and Events Education and Research. The Chinese outbound market is considered extremely important for Australia. This is the fastest growing international market for Western Australia... Read article 5 February 2018Conference Papers Read More
BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary – December 2017 Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan, Daniel Kiely This is the first of Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre’s Western Australia Quarterly Economic Commentary analysing the most recent data on economic and social indicators for WA. Key findings from this edition include: Mixed signals in 2017 make ‘cautious optimism’ the New... Read article 18 December 2017Economic Commentary  |  Quarterly Economic Commentary Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – Special Edition October 2017 Alan Duncan, Alan Langford, Rebecca Cassells, Yashar Tarverdi This special edition BCEC MLMU has been released to examine the impact of the major population re-benchmarking of the ABS Labour Force Survey. Every five years the ABS uses new information gathered from the Census to update its labour force... Read article 11 December 2017Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
The Price is Right? Alan Duncan, Kenneth Leong, Rachel Ong ViforJ, Silvia Salazar, Chris Twomey The Western Australian economy has experienced something of a roller-coaster ride over the last decade. Unprecedented economic growth over the course of the resources boom has been followed by a post-boom period during which activity has cooled. Despite a reduction in demand in... Read article 1 December 2017Focus on WA Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – October 2017 Alan Duncan, Rebecca Cassells, Yashar Tarverdi Welcome to the seventh edition of the BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update. Produced monthly, this economic commentary explores the latest labour force data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), providing expert insights and analysis around key labour market indicators. Key findings from October... Read article 24 November 2017Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – September 2017 Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan, Yashar Tarverdi Welcome to the sixth edition of the BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update. Produced monthly, this economic commentary explores the latest labour force data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), providing expert insights and analysis around key labour market indicators. Key findings from September... Read article 25 October 2017Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – August 2017 Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan, Yashar Tarverdi Welcome to the fifth edition of the BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update. Produced monthly, this economic commentary explores the latest Labour Force data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), providing expert insights and analysis around key labour market indicators.... Read article 13 October 2017Monthly Labour Market Update Read More