Michael Kirkness
Qualifications
BPhil (Hons) (Canberra)
BA Econ (Canberra)
Research Fields
Economic and social well-being and economic policy.
Biography
Michael currently works as a research assistant at the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. He completed his Bachelor of Applied Economics degree at the University of Canberra in 2018, and a Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) in 2020. Michael’s research interests include: Economic and social well-being and economic policy. His honours thesis analysed the feasibility and potential effectiveness of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) in Australia, with a focus on the well-being implications of such a scheme.
Publications
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The Early Years: Investing in our Future
This latest report in the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre’s Focus on Western Australia series, the thirteenth in this series, looks to add to our understanding of the lives of young children in Australia, the environment within which they live and... Read article
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre team acknowledges the Wadjuk Nyungar people as the traditional owners of the land on which the Centre is situated.