Recently added articles from Economic Papers - Economic Society of Australia:
A note from the new editor.
Sep 01, 2008; Clarke, Harry ... The Economic Society of Australia has given me the privilege of being the new editor of Economic Papers. This will be the last issue of Economic Papers edited by Professor Russell Smyth. On behalf of the ESA, I thank Russell for the careful editorial job he has carried out, for the heavy ...
Australia's long-run economic strategy, performance, and policy: a new dynamic perspective.(Essay)
Sep 01, 2008; Snooks, Graeme Donald ... 1 Introduction Australia has an unparalleled history of successful societal dynamics, stretching back some 60,000 years. For most of this vast period of time, Aboriginal society was able to remain dynamic and viable--a remarkable achievement that I have attempted to explain ...
Returns to education in Australia.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Leigh, Andrew ... 1 Introduction The effect of human capital on income is an issue of central importance to economists and public policymakers alike. Comparing income differentials within countries, labour economists have generally found that better-educated workers earn higher wages and are more ...
Australian early retirement tax biases prior to July 2007 and the likely effects of tax reform on retirement plans.
Sep 01, 2008; Felmingham, Bruce ... 1 Introduction The demographic prognosis for the twenty-first century is that all national populations will age structurally and most in the developed world will ultimately decline in size. Australia's structural ageing is less pronounced than that in many other countries, but ...
Examining the behaviour of visitor arrivals to Australia from twenty different countries: an application of panel unit root tests.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Narayan, Paresh Kumar ... 1 Introduction The recent bout of terrorist attacks beginning with the 11 September disaster concomitant with the outbreak of viruses such as SARS have accentuated the volatile nature of the global tourism industry. The global tourism industry experienced a 17% fall in the ...
The regulation of investments.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Valentine, Tom ... 1 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to reconsider the regulation of investment products and markets. This topic has assumed considerable importance of late because of some well publicised failures of investment vehicles and because of rapidly growing retirement savings ...
The job network and underemployment.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Stromback, Thorsten ... 1 Introduction In 1998 the Government abolished the Commonwealth Employment Services and replaced it with a devolved system of private providers of employment services. This new system, the Job Network, involved a radical change in the way in which employment services were ...
