Publications

When two worlds collude: Working from home and family functioning in Australia Michael Dockery, Sherry Bawa This article analyses the effect of employees working from home on their partners’ assessments of family functioning using Australian household panel data collected from 2001 to 2013 in 48 multivariate models. Some evidence is found that working from home contributes... Read article 1 December 2018Journal Articles Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – October 2018 Alan Duncan, Rebecca Cassells, Yashar Tarverdi Welcome to the October 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. We’ve also... Read article 19 November 2018Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
WA Economic Update Alan Duncan, Daniel Kiely This BCEC Briefing Note examines the latest Western Australian economic data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. As forecast in the BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary in September 2018, the WA economy has returned to positive growth. This is on the... Read article 16 November 2018Briefing Notes  |  Economic Commentary Read More
Alcohol consumption, censorship and misjudgement Kenneth Clements, Haiyan Liu, Yashar Tarverdi In the study of the economic determinants of alcohol consumption, there is an under-appreciated issue of sample selectivity as consumption is often not fully observed. Sample selectivity involves ignoring consumption below a censorship cut-off level. This article estimates a demand... Read article 1 November 2018Journal Articles Read More
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – September 2018 Alan Duncan, Rebecca Cassells, Yashar Tarverdi Welcome to the September 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 30 October 2018Monthly Labour Market Update Read More
South West for Asia Michael Volgger, Christof Pforr, Sara Cavalcanti Marques As a critical growth market for the tourism industry in Australia’s South West (ASW), a stronger focus on emerging Asian markets has become a strategic priority for the region. The project “South West for Asia” is aligned with these broader... Read article 23 October 2018Feature Read More
The association between income, wealth, economic security perception, and health: a longitudinal Australian study Garth Kendall, Ha Nguyen, Rachel Ong ViforJ The study used data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to explore three hypotheses: (1) that income and wealth both predict economic security perception, mental health, and physical health; (2) that gradients in health outcomes... Read article 15 October 2018Journal Articles Read More
The Private Rental Sector in Australia Steven Rowley, Amity James This report examines the state of the private rental sector (PRS) in Australia through analysis of 2016 census data and a survey of 3,182 Australian private renters. The survey asked renters about issues such as the number of rental properties... Read article 9 October 2018Feature Read More
Older Renters in the Western Australian Private Rental Sector Helen Hodgson, Amity James, Eileen Webb More people are reaching retirement age without owning a home, and the number of older people residing in the private rental market is increasing. Fixed incomes, short leases, a lack of affordable housing options and limited capacity to modify a... Read article 9 October 2018Feature Read More
BCEC Newsletter Edition #6 Spring 2018 Kelly Pohatu, Joanne Peckitt The past months have been a busy period for the Centre, as we launched our latest Focus on WA report on the digital divide in Western Australia. One of the more surprising findings to come from the report was that... Read article 5 October 2018Corporate Publications Read More
BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary – September 2018 Alan Duncan, Daniel Kiely, Silvia Salazar This Western Australia Quarterly Economic Commentary analyses the most recent data on economic and social indicators for WA, as at the end of Q3 2018. This quarter we explore a return to negative business investment growth, and the impact of low population... Read article 3 October 2018Quarterly Economic Commentary Read More
Association between pregnant women’s experience of stress and partners’ fly-in-fly-out work Dawson Cooke, Garth Kendall, Jianghong Li, Michael Dockery It is relatively common in Western Australia for men to commute long distances and work away from home for extended periods of time, often referred to as fly-in-fly-out work. Women are particularly susceptible to the effects of stress during pregnancy,... Read article 1 October 2018Journal Articles Read More