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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
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
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – October 2024
— Job creation slows in October, but marks seventh month of uninterrupted growth. — — Unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent as participation rate eases from record level. — — Recently released indices for prices and wages suggest inflation... Read article
— Job creation slows in October, but marks seventh month of uninterrupted growth. — — Unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent as participation rate eases from record level. — — Recently released indices for prices and wages suggest inflation... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – September 2024
— Nationally 64,100 jobs added in September as male full-time employment surges 1.1 per cent in a single month. — — Unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent, after August figure revised down. — — Public sector employment growth conflicting with... Read article
— Nationally 64,100 jobs added in September as male full-time employment surges 1.1 per cent in a single month. — — Unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent, after August figure revised down. — — Public sector employment growth conflicting with... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – August 2024
Sustained jobs growth continues to stymie rate cut hopes Monthly labour force survey estimates continue to defy expectations of a downturn in the labour market. Nationally employment increased by 47,500 persons in August. That’s the third month in a row... Read article
Sustained jobs growth continues to stymie rate cut hopes Monthly labour force survey estimates continue to defy expectations of a downturn in the labour market. Nationally employment increased by 47,500 persons in August. That’s the third month in a row... Read article
Dimensions and prevalence of decent work in Australia
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8) focuses on decent work and economic growth. It promotes decent work for the benefits it provides to individuals, businesses, investors and the economy. At the business level, these benefits include improved productivity, strengthened... Read article
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8) focuses on decent work and economic growth. It promotes decent work for the benefits it provides to individuals, businesses, investors and the economy. At the business level, these benefits include improved productivity, strengthened... Read article
Appendix: Dimensions and prevalence of decent work in Australia
APPENDIX United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8) focuses on decent work and economic growth. It promotes decent work for the benefits it provides to individuals, businesses, investors and the economy. At the business level, these benefits include improved productivity,... Read article
APPENDIX United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8) focuses on decent work and economic growth. It promotes decent work for the benefits it provides to individuals, businesses, investors and the economy. At the business level, these benefits include improved productivity,... Read article
Presentation: Gender Equity Insights 2024: The changing nature of part-time work in Australia
View the publication by lead authors Professor Alan Duncan, Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, and Dr Silvia Salazar, Senior Research Fellow, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, from the launch of the report Gender Equity Insights 2024: The changing nature of part-time work... Read article
View the publication by lead authors Professor Alan Duncan, Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, and Dr Silvia Salazar, Senior Research Fellow, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, from the launch of the report Gender Equity Insights 2024: The changing nature of part-time work... Read article
Gender Equity Insights 2024: The changing nature of part-time work in Australia
The ninth report in the BCEC|WGEA Gender Equity Insights series provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving nature of part-time work and implications of this change for the future of work in Australia, finding: Part-time roles dropped by 3.2 percentage points... Read article
The ninth report in the BCEC|WGEA Gender Equity Insights series provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving nature of part-time work and implications of this change for the future of work in Australia, finding: Part-time roles dropped by 3.2 percentage points... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – July 2024
— Unemployment rate rises to 4.2 per cent in July, but continued surge in jobs growth the real story. — — Participation hits all-time highs for persons overall (67.1%) and for women (63.2%). — — Results strongly affected by apparent... Read article
— Unemployment rate rises to 4.2 per cent in July, but continued surge in jobs growth the real story. — — Participation hits all-time highs for persons overall (67.1%) and for women (63.2%). — — Results strongly affected by apparent... Read article
Individualism and the legal status of prostitution
We know very little about why the legal status of prostitution varies across countries. Drawing on central arguments in the normative literature on the legal status of prostitution, in which a central argument concerns the sexual and bodily autonomy of... Read article
We know very little about why the legal status of prostitution varies across countries. Drawing on central arguments in the normative literature on the legal status of prostitution, in which a central argument concerns the sexual and bodily autonomy of... Read article
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – June 2024
— Run of strong employment growth extends into third month. — — Unemployment rate back up to 4.1 per cent as more women enter the labour force. — — A 6th of August increase in the official cash rate now... Read article
— Run of strong employment growth extends into third month. — — Unemployment rate back up to 4.1 per cent as more women enter the labour force. — — A 6th of August increase in the official cash rate now... Read article
Presentation: Building the Dream: The future of Western Australia’s construction industry
View the presentation by lead authors Dr Adam Crowe, Research Fellow, Curtin AHURI Research Centre, and Professor Alan Duncan, Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, from the launch of the report Building the Dream: The future of Western Australia’s construction industry,... Read article
View the presentation by lead authors Dr Adam Crowe, Research Fellow, Curtin AHURI Research Centre, and Professor Alan Duncan, Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, from the launch of the report Building the Dream: The future of Western Australia’s construction industry,... 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.