Publications
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
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
Presentation: WA’s Resources Sector in Transition: Securing long term value in a changing world
View the slides by lead Bankwest Curtin Economic Centre authors Professor Alan Duncan and Dr Silvia Salazar from the launch of the report WA’s Resources Sector in Transition: Securing long term value in a changing world. About the report The... Read article
View the slides by lead Bankwest Curtin Economic Centre authors Professor Alan Duncan and Dr Silvia Salazar from the launch of the report WA’s Resources Sector in Transition: Securing long term value in a changing world. About the report The... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – April 2026
Unemployment rate rises from 4.3 per cent to 4.5 per cent in April. Employment down by 18,600, with women bearing the brunt of job losses. The rise in unemployment may buy some time on another interest rate rise, but the... Read article
Unemployment rate rises from 4.3 per cent to 4.5 per cent in April. Employment down by 18,600, with women bearing the brunt of job losses. The rise in unemployment may buy some time on another interest rate rise, but the... Read article
Unseen damage: Bushfire, infant health and early child development
Naturally occurring bushfires have become a global concern, with epidemiological evidence highlighting the unique toxicity of bushfire smoke compared to ambient air pollution. Leveraging remote-sensing data and a novel dynamic-radius fire assignment strategy, this paper causally examines the longitudinal impacts... Read article
Naturally occurring bushfires have become a global concern, with epidemiological evidence highlighting the unique toxicity of bushfire smoke compared to ambient air pollution. Leveraging remote-sensing data and a novel dynamic-radius fire assignment strategy, this paper causally examines the longitudinal impacts... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – March 2026
Modest rise in employment and fall in participation combine to keep the unemployment rate steady at 4.3 per cent. Jobs data yet to reflect impact of fuel crisis, but data on vacancies and hours worked point to resilience in labour... Read article
Modest rise in employment and fall in participation combine to keep the unemployment rate steady at 4.3 per cent. Jobs data yet to reflect impact of fuel crisis, but data on vacancies and hours worked point to resilience in labour... 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
When oil shocks return: what the US-Iran crisis means for Australia
A sharp escalation in tensions between the United States and Iran has pushed oil prices higher and reminded the world of a familiar vulnerability – when energy supply is disrupted, the economic consequences are felt quickly and widely. For Australia,... Read article
A sharp escalation in tensions between the United States and Iran has pushed oil prices higher and reminded the world of a familiar vulnerability – when energy supply is disrupted, the economic consequences are felt quickly and widely. For Australia,... Read article
The Inter-regional Economic Impact of the Reduction in Tourism Following the Maui Wildfires
Hawai‘i’s economy, heavily specialized in tourism, is particularly vulnerable to shocks that disrupt tourism numbers. The Maui economy is even more dependent on tourists, and the extraordinary losses from the 2023 wildfires in Lahaina and Kula continue to dampen tourist... Read article
Hawai‘i’s economy, heavily specialized in tourism, is particularly vulnerable to shocks that disrupt tourism numbers. The Maui economy is even more dependent on tourists, and the extraordinary losses from the 2023 wildfires in Lahaina and Kula continue to dampen tourist... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – February 2026
Unemployment rate rises to 4.3 per cent, up from 4.1 per cent. Solid increase of almost 50,000 jobs, as a fall in full-time jobs is offset by a big jump in part-time employment. Rising energy prices and investor uncertainty associated... Read article
Unemployment rate rises to 4.3 per cent, up from 4.1 per cent. Solid increase of almost 50,000 jobs, as a fall in full-time jobs is offset by a big jump in part-time employment. Rising energy prices and investor uncertainty associated... Read article
LSIC Housing Research Report Factsheet: Indigenous children living in public and community housing
From 2008, the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) has been following a cohort of Indigenous children, interviewing their families each year as they grow up. The initial sample comprised of 1,671 children from two age groups: from 6 months... Read article
From 2008, the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) has been following a cohort of Indigenous children, interviewing their families each year as they grow up. The initial sample comprised of 1,671 children from two age groups: from 6 months... Read article
LSIC Housing Research Report Factsheet: Housing transitions for Indigenous children
From 2008, the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) has been following a cohort of Indigenous children, interviewing their families each year as they grow up. The initial sample comprised of 1,671 children from two age groups: f rom 6... Read article
From 2008, the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) has been following a cohort of Indigenous children, interviewing their families each year as they grow up. The initial sample comprised of 1,671 children from two age groups: f rom 6... 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.