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Trade and US Tariffs: Explainer and lessons for Australia
This BCEC Federal Election 2025 Briefing Note assesses trade and US tariffs, including an explanation and learnings for Australia. Through the imposition of trade tariffs, the US administration has fundamentally disrupted the global economic landscape, posing new challenges to economies... Read article

The costs and benefits of implementing a universal reproductive health leave entitlement in Australia
The Health Services Union (HSU), the Health and Community Services Union (HACSU), the Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) and Aware Super have engaged the services of the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) to assess the cost of implementing a universal... Read article

Greener horizons: Economic freedom as a catalyst for the global energy transition
Major advanced and emerging economies are setting targets to achieve an ambitious net zero emission target plan by 2050 to address climate change and ensure sustainable development. However, achieving this transition requires significant structural changes not only in energy mixes... Read article

Presentation: Dare to Venture: Startups and the innovation ecosystem in Western Australia
View the presentation slides from the launch of the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre report, Dare to Venture: Startups and the innovation ecosystem in Western Australia, presented by Dr Daniel Kiely and Dr Abebe Hailemariam at the report’s launch on 19 November... Read article

Dare to Venture: Startups and the innovation ecosystem in Western Australia
Dare to Venture: Startups and the innovation ecosystem in Western Australia, the eighteenth report in the BCEC Focus on WA series, seeks to better understand the startup and innovation ecosystem in Western Australia, to inform policies that support entrepreneurship and... Read article

Victoria – China trade briefing note: Benefits to Western Households
Commissioned by the Australia China Business Council, this briefing note establishes a firm evidence base on the economic impact of trade with China on Victorian households. This briefing note provides and overview of the relationship between China and VIC. It... Read article

Non-linear impact of income inequality on mental health: evidence from low and middle-income countries
In this study, we examine the relationship between income inequality and mental health using a sample of low and middle-income countries over the period 1990–2019. Using a dynamic panel threshold model that allows for endogeneity in both the regressors and... Read article

Western Australia – China trade briefing note: Benefits to Western Households
Commissioned by the Australia China Business Council, this briefing note establishes a firm evidence base on the economic impact of trade with China on Western Australian households. This briefing note provides and overview of the relationship between China and WA.... Read article

Australia’s trade and economic relationship with China: Benefits to Australian households
Commissioned by the Australia China Business Council, this report establishes a firm evidence base on the economic impact of trade with China on Australian households. The report’s findings demonstrate that Australia-China trade offers measurable benefits to the average Australian household... Read article

Gender gaps in the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
In this paper we examine whether there are significant gender differences in the adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices in sub-Saharan Africa. Using individual-level data from four sites in Kenya, Uganda and Senegal, our empirical analysis provides robust evidence that... Read article

Presentation: The Benefits of Australia’s Trade and Economic Relationship with China
Commissioned by the Australia China Business Council (ACBC), BCEC has released preliminary findings from an upcoming report on the Benefits of Australia’s Trade and Economic Relationship with China. Presented at an ACBC event at Parliament House on the 18th October,... Read article

Temperature, health and wellbeing in Australia
We examine the effects of temperature on general health and subjective wellbeing. We combine daily temperature data with 19 waves of panel data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. We find evidence of an inverted U-shaped... Read article
