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Author: Abebe HailemariamX
Executive Summary: Western Australia’s Resources Sector in Transition: Securing long term value in a changing world
Executive Summary Western Australia’s prosperity has been shaped by one of the most remarkable resource endowments in the world. Over the past several decades, the state’s resources sector has transformed it into a global economic powerhouse. Resources now contribute around... Read article
Executive Summary Western Australia’s prosperity has been shaped by one of the most remarkable resource endowments in the world. Over the past several decades, the state’s resources sector has transformed it into a global economic powerhouse. Resources now contribute around... Read article
Western Australia’s Resources Sector in Transition: Securing long term value in a changing world
Executive Summary Western Australia’s prosperity has been shaped by one of the most remarkable resource endowments in the world. Over the past several decades, the state’s resources sector has transformed it into a global economic powerhouse. Resources now contribute around... Read article
Executive Summary Western Australia’s prosperity has been shaped by one of the most remarkable resource endowments in the world. Over the past several decades, the state’s resources sector has transformed it into a global economic powerhouse. Resources now contribute around... Read article
Tourism openness and circular economy adoption: Pathways to environmental sustainability
This study examines the effects of tourism openness on climate change and circular economy outcomes within a Waste Kuznets Curve framework. Drawing on a newly compiled global panel dataset of circular economy indicators covering 64 countries over the period 1995–2022,... Read article
This study examines the effects of tourism openness on climate change and circular economy outcomes within a Waste Kuznets Curve framework. Drawing on a newly compiled global panel dataset of circular economy indicators covering 64 countries over the period 1995–2022,... Read article
Energy technology innovation and decarbonisation: The moderating effect of political corruption
This paper investigates how political corruption moderates the effectiveness of public investment in research and development (R&D) for energy technologies in driving decarbonisation. Using annual panel data for 25 OECD countries (1990–2022), we apply a two-stage instrumental variable approach that... Read article
This paper investigates how political corruption moderates the effectiveness of public investment in research and development (R&D) for energy technologies in driving decarbonisation. Using annual panel data for 25 OECD countries (1990–2022), we apply a two-stage instrumental variable approach that... Read article
Executive Summary: A Balancing Act: Life, work and connection in the middle years
Content Warning: This report discusses suicide and mental health challenges. If you or someone you know needs support, please contact: Lifeline (13 11 14), Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636), or Suicide Call Back Service (1300 659 467). This executive summary... Read article
Content Warning: This report discusses suicide and mental health challenges. If you or someone you know needs support, please contact: Lifeline (13 11 14), Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636), or Suicide Call Back Service (1300 659 467). This executive summary... Read article
A Balancing Act: Life, work and connection in the middle years
Content Warning: This media release discusses suicide and mental health challenges. If you or someone you know needs support, please contact: Lifeline (13 11 14), Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636), or Suicide Call Back Service (1300 659 467). New research into... Read article
Content Warning: This media release discusses suicide and mental health challenges. If you or someone you know needs support, please contact: Lifeline (13 11 14), Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636), or Suicide Call Back Service (1300 659 467). New research into... Read article
The dynamics of energy transition metals under climate policy uncertainty
Climate policy uncertainty has emerged as a key source of systemic risk in global commodity markets, particularly for energy transition metals. The volatile and uneven trajectory of climate policy shaped by shifting political priorities, macro financial shocks and regulatory reversals... Read article
Climate policy uncertainty has emerged as a key source of systemic risk in global commodity markets, particularly for energy transition metals. The volatile and uneven trajectory of climate policy shaped by shifting political priorities, macro financial shocks and regulatory reversals... Read article
Gender Differences in Risk Preferences: Implications for Adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies
The gender gap in risk preferences in rural farm households, with female farmers commonly viewed as more risk-averse than their male counterparts, may have profound implications for addressing the gendered impacts of climate change. Understanding these gender differences and their... Read article
The gender gap in risk preferences in rural farm households, with female farmers commonly viewed as more risk-averse than their male counterparts, may have profound implications for addressing the gendered impacts of climate change. Understanding these gender differences and their... Read article
Powering health: how clean energy access reduces cardiovascular mortality in children
Despite the efforts of policymakers to provide universal access to clean and affordable energy as outlined in Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7), billions of people worldwide lack access to clean fuels, leading to major public health concerns. This study investigates... Read article
Despite the efforts of policymakers to provide universal access to clean and affordable energy as outlined in Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7), billions of people worldwide lack access to clean fuels, leading to major public health concerns. This study investigates... Read article
Come and say G’day: Using search engine data to understand the dynamics of tourism demand in Australia
The availability of big data from popular search engines in real-time enables policymakers and market participants worldwide to explore global reactions to major events. Australia consistently ranks high on visitors’ considerations and has significant investment in digital tourism campaigns, such... Read article
The availability of big data from popular search engines in real-time enables policymakers and market participants worldwide to explore global reactions to major events. Australia consistently ranks high on visitors’ considerations and has significant investment in digital tourism campaigns, such... Read article
Oil consumption and growth: Is there a threshold effect of greenhouse gases emissions
The paper empirically examines the threshold effect of GHG(s) emissions on the oil consumption-growth nexus. Using a nonlinear local projection approach and an extended historical dataset from 1890 to 2022, we find that the impact of oil consumption on economic... Read article
The paper empirically examines the threshold effect of GHG(s) emissions on the oil consumption-growth nexus. Using a nonlinear local projection approach and an extended historical dataset from 1890 to 2022, we find that the impact of oil consumption on economic... Read article
Workplace policy responses to family and domestic violence: Assessing employers’ costs and benefits of providing 10 days paid leave
Organisational measures to support employees who are experiencing family and domestic violence (FDV) are increasingly seen as an important policy response to mitigate the consequences of such violence and promote gender equality. However, little is known about the costs to... Read article
Organisational measures to support employees who are experiencing family and domestic violence (FDV) are increasingly seen as an important policy response to mitigate the consequences of such violence and promote gender equality. However, little is known about the costs to... 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.