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BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE 2020
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre is
increasingly relied upon by key decision
makers to help shape policy and practice. And
in a world where trusted, reliable information
Tim Marney is crucial to making effective decisions, the
Principal, Nous Group; Centre’s fierce commitment to engagement
BCEC Advisory Board and responsible independence ensures that
Chair research findings and recommendations
are communicated to the widest possible
audience, for the widest possible benefit.
The year 2020 will be remembered as one of
the most disruptive in our modern history. The BCEC is relatively unique in the way it
A global pandemic brought about one of the applies both an economic and a social lens to
most rapid and significant economic shocks important public policy issues. The two are
that we could have imagined or are ever complementary and that complementarity
FROM OUR
likely to see again in our lifetimes. Having a is essential. This philosophy underpins the
trusted and independent source to rely on Centre’s approach to issues that directly
for analysis and insights has been critical impact West Australians.
to understand the extent of the impact of
In 2020, this included an in-depth
this shock on the economy, on businesses
BOARD CHAIR
examination of the inequality of early learning
and on people.
opportunities for Western Australia’s young
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre was children. The Centre released major reports
this source, responding swiftly to adjust its that provided a deeper understanding of
research agenda to produce the insights the state’s environmental footprint, and the
and evidence base that would inform how opportunities that exist to grow a sustainable
many people were facing job losses, the and diverse Western Australian economy.
adequacy of wage replacements, the degree
to which people could stay connected in Having a research centre that is so focussed
lockdown and the impact on businesses on improving the lives of West Australians is
and communities across Australia. something that we should all value.
The Centre’s responsiveness to emerging I would like to take this opportunity to thank
economic and policy issues in 2020 has the Centre’s leadership and staff for all their
been unprecedented. In a year that was hard work in 2020.
shaped by some of the biggest policy For a Centre with only nine full-time
changes in history, BCEC was one of the
researchers, it certainly punches well above its
standout providers of policy advice that
weight. I would also like to thank the Advisory
was both sound and timely.
Board for their contributions that have helped
Their technical and subject-matter expertise to shape the Centre’s research program and
saw researchers respond with information thinking.
and recommendations on the design and
adequacy of the JobKeeper and JobSeeker
schemes, bringing forward planned tax cuts,
and the effects of higher education reforms
2 BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 Tim Marney
– all critical to minimising the adverse
impacts of the pandemic.
Cath Hart Chris Moran Michael Court
Executive Director, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Under Treasurer,
Housing Industry Association Research, Curtin University Department of Treasury
BCEC
Western Australia
ADVISORY
BOARD Nigel de Bussy
Pro Vice-Chancellor,
Faculty of Business and Law,
Curtin University
Paul Vivian
Chief Customer Officer,
Bankwest
Rebecca Brown
Acting Director General,
WA Department of
Premier and Cabinet
Richard Bator Rob Cory Sue Ash AO
General Manager Business Head of External Special Advisor, Community
Banking, Bankwest Communication, Bankwest Services, WA Department of
Premier and Cabinet
BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 3
Commentaries have become trusted
sources of information on the latest
labour market and economic trends in
Western Australia and nationally.
Professor Alan Duncan These insights have never been more
Director, Bankwest
important as we seek to understand
Curtin Economics
the effects of the pandemic on jobs
Centre
and businesses, and assess the pace of
Since its establishment in 2012, the economic recovery.
Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre has The Centre’s research programs tackled
sought to deliver research that helps us to some major questions over the course of
better understand the key economic and the year; how WA can deliver sustainable
social issues that affect Western Australia economic growth; how investing in our
YEAR IN
and the nation. This year, that mission has children is an investment in our future;
never been more important. and how diverse leadership delivers the
best business outcomes.
2020 was a year like no other for many
of us. Along with the rest of the world, the And looking forward to 2021, we will
REVIEW
Centre needed to adapt to the realities of a continue to provide insights that support
global pandemic, which brought anxiety and our economic recovery. These include
economic stress to many, and new ways of research to be released early in 2021 on
working for us all. the impact of the pandemic on WA’s small
businesses, based on findings from a
The pandemic also brought a pressing need new BCEC Small Business Survey funded
for timely, evidence-based research and through the WA State COVID-19 recovery
analysis of economic and social issues that fund.
arose due to the pandemic.
I’d like to thank Bankwest and Curtin
I am extremely proud of the Centre’s University for their continued support of
response, not least with the release of the Centre. It is this support that allows
a series of COVID-19 Research Briefs us to deliver value to Western Australian
throughout the year that looked at the households, businesses and communities.
impact of the pandemic on job losses,
physical isolation, mental health and In an extraordinary year, the Centre has
working from home. risen to the challenge through research,
analysis and commentary that has had
We were also able to shine a light on the a genuine influence on policy discussions
Government’s policy responses to the crisis, on issues that affect us all.
with briefs on the JobKeeper wage subsidy,
JobSeeker support and higher education
reforms.
Our regular Monthly Labour Market
4 BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020
Updates and Quarterly Economic Professor Alan Duncan
OUR MISSION The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre’s core mission is to deliver high quality, independent, accessible research that enhances our understanding of key economic and social issues that contribute to the wellbeing of West Australian families, businesses and communities. BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 5
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These were not findings of correlation
- these were findings of causation,
meaning more women in leadership
caused better business performance.
Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination
Commissioner at the Beijing Platform
for Action, 25 years on
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Gender Equity Insights 2020: This world-leading research generated
Delivering the Business Outcomes significant impact, with the findings
endorsed and promoted by former
Our five year partnership with the
Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Chair-
Workplace Gender Equality Agency
Rapporteur of the UN Working Group
culminated in one of the most
on Discrimination against Women
significant research reports released
and Girls, British High Commissioner
by BCEC. Gender Equity Insights
to Australia Vicki Treadell and Sex
2020: Delivering the Business
Discrimination Commissioner
Outcomes showed a convincing
Kate Jenkins.
causal relationship between an
increase in the number of women in The research has led to substantive
key decision-making positions and actions from Australian companies and
subsequent improvements in company shareholders including the ambitious
performance. investor-led 40:40 Vision that aims to
see women fill 40 per cent of executive
Led by Rebecca Cassells and Alan
roles in ASX200 listed companies
Duncan, the report found that an
by 2030.
increase in the share of female ‘top-
tier’ managers by 10 percentage points
or more led to a 6.6 per cent increase in
the market value of Australian ASX-
listed companies, worth the equivalent
of AUD$104.7 million.
The findings were released in June
2020, with Annabel Crabb, ABC Chief
Political Writer hosting an expert panel
including Sinead Taylor, Executive
General Manager, Bankwest; Libby
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We believe in research that makes Investing in Our Future research
a difference. Research that fulfils a program delivered new insights into
purpose and responds to the needs of the extent of inequality of early
the Western Australian and broader learning opportunities across WA and
Australian community. Australia’s regions.
In 2020, BCEC responded to a rapidly Through our Green Shoots:
changing environment, adapting Opportunities to grow a sustainable
our research outputs to provide WA Economy report we identified
an accessible, independent and significant opportunities for WA to
RESEARCH
contemporary evidence-base to inform transition to a more sustainable and
the economic and social impact of resilient economic future and at the
COVID-19. same time create thousands of jobs
for the state and save WA households
We produced some of the first hundreds of dollars each year.
THAT
estimates of job losses across
Australian states and industries, giving The impact of COVID-19 on businesses
policy makers a benchmark to guide was a core focus of the Centre’s 2020
their expectations and responses. We research program and we responded
MATTERS
extended this research by estimating by capturing new data through the
the adequacy of JobKeeper and 2020 BCEC Small Business Survey.
JobSeeker, identifying winners and Co-funded by the WA Department of
losers and providing alternative Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation,
solutions to two of the most significant this survey has given us greater
policy changes we are likely to see in understanding of the impact of
our lifetime. COVID-19 on small businesses across
WA’s regions including whether they
We also brought new insights on the have the supports needed to succeed
need to stay connected, working from and how they see the future outlook.
home in lockdown and the importance
of recognising the relationship between
work and mental health.
We continued our long-standing
research programs that deep-
dive into issues of importance to
Western Australia. Our Early Years:
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Diversifying into more sustainable
industries would deliver 55,000 jobs
THE EARLY YEARS Investing in Our Future Focus on Western Australia Report Series, No. 13 August 2020
and $16bn to the WA economy.
Alan Duncan, BCEC Director
Contact BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE
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Tel: +61 8 9266 2873
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Access to early learning opportunities are
providing positive outcomes for thousands
of young children in Australia. Yet children
facing greater disadvantage are the very
ones missing out on the support that was
ostensibly meant for them.
Rebecca Cassells, BCEC Deputy Director
BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 9
Events represent one of the largest BCEC | FOWI Future of Work
engagement activities for the Bankwest Workshop, January 2020
Curtin Economics Centre. Launching our 13-14 February 2020,
research outputs at large-scale events 37 St Georges Terrace
with key stakeholders ensures that we Special Guest: Associate Professor
are always working in alignment with Thomas O’Neill, Department of
our mission to deliver high quality, Psychology, Calgary University
accessible research.
Climate Change and the Future of
These forums bring together experts Work in Australia Policy Symposium,
OUR
and policy-makers to convene January 2020
important conversations on issues that Special Guests: Professor John Hewson,
affect the wellbeing of West Australians ANU Crawford School & BCEC Fellow;
and Australians. Professor Sharon Parker, Director, Centre
for Transformative Work Design, Future
SIGNATURE
In 2020, the Centre had to swiftly adapt of Work Institute; Louise Giolitto, CEO,
how we delivered events due to the WACOSS and Astghik Mavisakalyan,
global pandemic, shifting many of our BCEC Principal Research Fellow.
planned events from in-person to online
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and back again. BCEC | WGEA Gender Equity Insights
2020: Delivering the Business Outcomes
The continued delivery of high-quality 19 June 2020, online
events, both online and in-person, is Special Guests: Libby Lyons, Director,
a testament to the dedication of the Workplace Gender Equity Agency;
Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Annabelle Crabb, Author, Presenter
team to share our core research and and ABC Chief Political Writer; Sinead
create meaningful impact for Western Taylor, Executive General Manger
Australians. Bankwest; Sue Morphet, President
Chief Executive Women.
During 2020 we held five major
events, bringing together more than The Early Years: Investing in Our Future
1,100 people and connecting key 28 August 2020, online
stakeholders from the business, Special Guests: Colin Pettit, Western
government, not-for-profit and Australian Commissioner for Children
academic communities. and Young People; Kim Isaacs,
Kimberly Aboriginal Medical Service;
Jay Weatherill, CEO, Thrive by Five and
Rochelle Matacz, ECU Pregnancy to
Parenthood Clinic.
10 BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020Green Shoots: Opportunities to Grow a
Sustainable WA Economy
12 November 2020, Perth Convention
and Exhibition Centre
Special Guests: Hon Dave Kelly MLA,
Minister for Water; Forestry; Innovation
and ICT; Science; Youth; Elizabeth
Brennan, Managing Director, agdots;
Yvonne Power, Co-Founder and Chief
Operating Officer, Village Energy; and
Piers Verstegen, Executive Director,
Conservation Council of Western
Australia.
BCEC | Business News State of the
Economy Lunch
27 November 2020, Perth Convention
and Exhibition Centre
Special Guest: Hon Ben Wyatt MLA,
Treasurer; Minister for Finance;
Aboriginal Affairs; Lands, Sinead Taylor,
Executive General Manager Bankwest,
Rachael Ferguson, CEO SynxBody.
You often hear some politicians say there’s a
trade off between economic growth and jobs.
We now know that’s not true.
Hon Dave Kelly BA MLA,
Minister for Water; Forestry;
Innovation and ICT; Science; Youth.
BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 11BCEC’s engagement with key Our partnership with Scitech led to a
stakeholders at all stages of the comprehensive evaluation of Scitech’s
research process has become one of the economic impact on the Western
unique and defining characteristics of Australian economy, and the broader
the Centre. This coordinated strategy community.
ensures that BCEC’s research remains
relevant, fit for purpose, and provides In recognition of the special challenges
a benefit to the broad spectrum of facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait
stakeholders. Islander members of superannuation
funds, we partnered with UniSuper to
In 2020, we also embarked on a number explore how superannuation outcomes
of formal collaborations aimed at could be improved for Indigenous
COLLABORATIVE
answering specific research questions or Australians.
addressing gaps in economic discourse.
We were commissioned by the Federal
We partnered with Business News to Treasury to provide empirical research
pursue a common goal of improving that would determine whether or not the
PARTNERSHIPS
economic discourse in Western Age Pension asset test has a tangible
Australia. To deliver on this goal we impact on pre-retirement savings
held our first joint State of the Economy behaviour.
lunch with special guest WA Treasurer,
The Hon. Ben Wyatt MLA and supported And our long-standing partnership
by a new release of the BCEC Quarterly with the Workplace Gender Equality
Economic Commentary. Agency delivered some of the most
impactful research in the history of
As part of the strategic partnership with the Centre, with globally significant
Business News, BCEC researchers also findings on the link between diversity in
contribute regular insights and expert company leadership and better business
knowledge to Business News’ fortnightly outcomes.
edition, reaching 178,000 readers either
in print or online.
12 BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020THE ROLE OF
GENDER EQUITY INSIGHTS 2020 DELIVERING THE BUSINESS OUTCOMES
THE ROLE OF SCITECH IN THE WA ECONOMY
SCITECH IN THE
WA ECONOMY
An Economic
Impact
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ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT GENDER EQUITY
ISLANDER AUSTRALIANS AND INSIGHTS 2020
July 2020 THE SUPERANNUATION SYSTEM Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC)
DELIVERING THE
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GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845
Tel: +61 8 9266 2873 bcec.edu.au
Professor Mike Dockerya with support from Dr Julie Owenb, Dr Anna Dwyerc, Dr Nigar Sultanad,
BUSINESS OUTCOMES
Professor Alan Duncana and Associate Professor Rebecca Cassells
Workplace a
Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)
a. Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University. 7, 309 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000
b. Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University. Tel: +61 2 9432 7000 www.wgea.gov.au
c. Nulungu Research Centre, University of Notre Dame, Broome.
d. School of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University.
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business sector accountable to gender
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COVID-19 recovery strategies.
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BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 13BCEC researchers have been working retirement. The report formed an
hard at the intersection of academia important evidence base for the
and policy, providing the evidence-base Retirement Income Review and was part
needed for future directions for Western of a submission to the inquiry.
Australia and Australia.
The 2020-21 Federal Budget brought
We started 2020 by seeing our forward the second stage of the
comprehensive WA Women’s Report Coalition government’s Personal Income
Card underpin actions to address Tax plan, as well as changes to the Low-
barriers to women’s progress and Middle Income Tax Offset. We provided
promote the benefits of greater gender detailed analysis of how these reforms
equity through the release of the State would affect Australian households
POLICY
Government’s first 10-year Women’s using the Centre’s tax policy evaluation
Plan, Stronger Together: WA’s Plan for model – EVITA. Two policy briefs from
Gender Equality. this work have been published and
the findings cited extensively across
We completed a major project for the national media outlets.
INSIGHTS
Australian Treasury looking at the
impact of the Aged Pension assets
test on retirement savings patterns.
This research established a link
between changes in the assets test and
household asset allocation behaviour
prior to retirement for households that
were very close to the upper assets
threshold for Age Pension eligibility.
This work fed directly into the final
report of the Retirement Income Review.
We also delivered a research report
examining the appropriateness
of the superannuation system for
Indigenous Australians in partnership
with Unisuper, outlining a set of
recommendations that could help
to improve the support provided to
Indigenous superannuation policy
holders making the transition into
14 BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020We released a policy brief analysing the
proposed changes to higher education
fees, including how effective the policy
would be in incentivising a shift towards
more ‘job-relevant’ courses and how
these changes would affect men and
women differently. This analysis was
used in a BCEC submission to the
Education and Employment Legislation
Committee’s inquiry into the Higher
Education Support Amendment (Job-
Ready Graduates and Supporting
Regional and Remote Students)
Bill 2020.
We undertook bespoke scenario analysis
of JobSeeker changes which was
covered in the Sydney Morning Herald.
This analysis has received extensive
ongoing coverage and engagement and
we continue to be a part of the debate
around lifting the rate of JobSeeker.
Our work on the health and aged care
sectors revealing the strong possibility
that personal care workers in residential
aged care facilities are being used as
substitutes for enrolled nurses formed
part of a BCEC submission to the Royal
Commission into Aged Care Quality
and Safety on the impact of COVID-19
highlights, contributing to the evidence-
base needed for the inquiry.
BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 15At the heart of the Centre’s growing to the World Society of Labor Economics
national and international reputation conference in Berlin; the International
is the unique blend of academic rigour, Association of Feminist Economists and
topicality and policy relevance it brings to the Armenian Economic Association
to cutting-edge research and analysis. Women in Economics Workshop.
This commitment to intellectual rigour is
one of the qualities that differentiates the BCEC researchers also presented at
Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre from many academic seminars and workshops
many other economic policy institutes around Australia throughout 2020,
within or outside the university sector. as well as giving invited seminars at
the Leibniz Institute, Regensburg; the
The Centre’s researchers publish in some Toulouse School of Economics; and
ACADEMIC
of the best economic and policy journals the National Centre for Spatial Studies
in the world, with new publications (CNES) at the University of Toulouse.
during 2020 in prestigious outlets such
as the European Economic Review, We continue to support the development
the International Migration Review, of academic research by bringing
RIGOUR
World Development and the Review of together researchers from around
Economics of the Household. the world through seminar series and
workshops. Our BCEC seminar series is
In one of the highlights for the year held monthly and is designed to help
for excellence with impact, the Centre progress people’s work at early stages
released a special issue of the Australian by providing feedback and peer insights.
Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) In partnership with the Future of Work
devoted to the effects of COVID-19 on the Institute, we host an annual Future
Australian labour market. The AJLE special of Work Workshop, bringing together
issue attracted contributions from some economists, organisational psychologists
of the best academic labour economists in and demographers to discuss key
Australia, including a paper from BCEC’s questions surrounding the future of work.
Rebecca Cassells and Alan Duncan that
looked at the efficacy of JobKeeper as And our commitment to excellence
Australia’s first short-time wage subsidy. extends to developing the next generation
of academic researchers, through our PhD
Centre researchers were invited to scholarship program. The centre hosted
present their research at international four PhD Scholars in 2020, with BCEC
fora including the Harvard Kennedy PhD Scholar Toan Nguyen completing his
School, the International Monetary Fund Doctorate on the topic of Essays on the
and the World Bank in the United States, Economics of Immigration into Australia.
16 BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF LABOUR ECONOMICS
Volume 23 • Numb er 2 • 2020 • ISSN 1328 - 1143
From the Managing Editor
Phil Lewis
JobKeeper: The efficacy of Australia’s first short-time wage subsidy
Rebecca Cassells and Alan Duncan
Early estimates of the impact of COVID-19 disruptions on jobs,
wages, and lifetime earnings of school children in Australia
Gigi Foster
Measuring the impacts of COVID-19 on job postings in Australia
using a reweighting-estimation-transformation approach
Kailing Shen and Bledi Taska
Scarring effects: A review of Australian and international literature
Jeff Borland
Volume 23 • Number 1 • 2020
How might COVID-19 affect the Indigenous labour market?
Yonatan Dinku, Boyd Hunter and Francis Markham
The urgent need for Tax Reform in Australia in the COVID-19 World
Tristram Sainsbury and Robert Breunig
The Proposed Job-ready Graduate Package: a misguided arrow
missing its target
Anne Daly and Phil Lewis
BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 17LEADERSHIP
Our team consists of 14 dedicated and
hardworking staff and 4 PhD scholars,
passionate about improving their
community through relevant and high
quality economic and social policy
research.
Working at the nexus of academia and
industry, our researchers are able to Professor Alan Duncan
Director
communicate accessible research that
is academically excellent, relevant to
contemporary debates and influential
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in promoting better informed policy
development.
We are proud of our team’s
commitment and expertise, which
PEOPLE
includes economic forecasting,
quantitative modelling and economic
and social policy evaluation.
Associate Professor
Rebecca Cassells
Deputy Director
Sian Flynne
Business Manager
18 BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020Associate Professor Caroline Stewart Chris Twomey Christopher Phelps Dr Daniel Kiely
Astghik Mavisakalyan Administrative Officer Senior Industry Fellow BCEC PhD Scholar Senior Research Fellow
Principal Research Fellow
Jaslin Kalsi Joanna Holcombe Maria Sandoval-Guzman Professor Michael Kirkness
BCEC PhD Scholar Communications and BCEC-WiSER PhD Scholar Michael Dockery Research Assistant
Engagement Coordinator Principal Research Fellow
Dr Richard Seymour Sandie Rawnsley Dr Silvia Salazar Dr Steven Bond-Smith Toan Nguyen
Research Fellow Editorial Assistant Research Fellow Research Fellow BCEC PhD Scholar
BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 19Marquee Reports BCEC Policy Briefs
Gender Equity Insights 2020: Delivering Analysis of costs and savings of
the Business Outcomes Proposed Reforms to Higher Education
BCEC I WGEA Gender Equity Insights Authors: Steven Bond-Smith,
report #5 Rebecca Cassells
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan Published: July 2020
Launched: 19 June 2020
BCEC Policy Brief 2020: Low-Middle
The Early Years: Investing in Our Future Income Tax Offset
Focus on Western Australia report #13 Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan
LIST OF
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Michael Published: 29 October 2020
Dockery, Alan Duncan, Daniel Kiely,
Michael Kirkness, Toan Nguyen, BCEC Policy Brief 2020: Distributional
Richard Seymour, Chris Twomey impacts of bringing forward the second
Launched: 28 August 2020 stage of the Personal Income Tax plan
PUBLICATIONS
Authors: Rebecca Cassells,
Green Shoots: Opportunities to grow a Alan Duncan, Richard Seymour
sustainable WA economy Published: October 2020
Focus on Industry report #5
2020
Authors: Steven Bond-Smith, Public Submissions
Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan,
Retirement Incomes and Aboriginal and
Astghik Mavisakalyan, Silvia Salazar,
Torres Strait Islander Australians
Maria Sandoval-Guzman,
Submitted to: Treasury Retirement
Richard Seymour, Chris Twomey
Incomes Review
Launched: 12 November 2020
Author: Michael Dockery
Published: May 2020
Other BCEC Research Reports
Higher Education Support Amendment
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
(Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting
Australians and the Superannuation
Regional and Remote Students) Bill
System
2020
Authors: Michael Dockery, Julie Owen,
Submitted to: Education and
Anna Dwyer, Nigar Sultana,
Employment Legislation Committee
Alan Duncan, Rebecca Cassells
Authors: Alan Duncan, Rebecca
Launched: 9 June 2020
Cassells, Steven Bond-Smith
The Role of Scitech in the WA Economy Published: September 2020
Authors: Jo Bloomfield, Alan Duncan,
Daniel Kiely, Richard Seymour
Launched: July 2020
20 BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020BCEC Briefing Note Work and Mental Health – Implications A methodology for projecting sparse BCEC Working Papers
Agriculture in WA – Update Note of COVID-19 populations and its application to Paradise Postponed: Future Tense and
Authors: Steven Bond-Smith, Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Michael remote Indigenous communities Religiosity
Daniel Kiely and Silvia Salazar Dockery, Alan Duncan, Daniel Kiely, Journal of Geographical Systems Authors: Astghik Mavisakalyan,
Published: December 2020 Astghik Mavisakalyan Authors: Michael Dockery, Nicholas Yashar Tarverdi, Clas Weber
Published: May 2020 Holyoak, Ranjodh B. Singh Published: March 2020
BCEC COVID-19 Research Briefs Published: July 2020
Impact and Response of Businesses in Household density and children’s
Physical Isolation: Staying Connected Australia to COVID-19 Measuring governance: Why do errors wellbeing in Australia: Are children’s
During COVID-19 Authors: Rebecca Cassells, matter? homes too empty?
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan, Daniel Kiely, World Development Author: Michael Dockery
Alan Duncan, Daniel Kiely, Astghik Mavisakalyan Authors: Yashar Tarverdi, Published: September 2020
Astghik Mavisakalyan Published: July 2020 Leandro M. Magnusson
Published: March 2020 Published: August 2020 Female autonomy in household
BCEC Journal Articles decision-making and intimate partner
Potential Job Losses in the COVID-19 Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Home Autonomous vehicles and cycling: violence: evidence from
Pandemic Countries and Immigrants’ Well-Being Policy implications and management Authors: Astghik Mavisakalyan,
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, International Migration Review issues Anu Rammohan
Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan, Authors: Ha Nguyen, Alan Duncan Transportation Research Published: October 2020
Daniel Kiely, Astghik Mavisakalyan Published: March 2020 Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Published: March 2020 Authors: Simone Pettigrew, Changing demand for STEM skills in
Migration flows in commodity cycles: John D. Nelson, Richard Norman Australia and gender implications
Job Keepers and Job Seekers: How Assessing the role of migration policies Published: August 2020 Author: Michael Dockery
many workers will lose and how many European Economic Review Published: November 2020
will gain? Authors: Alan Duncan, Mark Harris, JobKeeper: The efficacy of Australia’s
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan Astghik Mavisakalyan, Toan Nguyen first short-time wage subsidy
Published: March 2020 Published: May 2020 Australian Journal of Labour Economics
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan
Short-term and long-term casual Chapter 2: Responses to Climate Published: September 2020
workers: how different are they? Change Worldwide: Individual
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Alan Duncan Preferences and Policy Actions around Female autonomy in household
Published: April 2020 the World decision-making and intimate partner
Environmental Policy: An Economic violence: evidence from Review of
Working from Home in the COVID-19 Perspective Economics of the Household
Lockdown Authors: Andrew John Brennan, Authors: Astghik Mavisakalyan,
Authors: Sherry Bawa, Michael Dockery Astghik Mavisakalyan, Yashar Tarverdi Anu Rammohan
Published: May 2020 Published: July 2020 Published: October 2020
BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 21BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update –
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – June 2020
December 2019 Authors: Rebecca Cassells,
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan
Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan Published: 17 July 2020
Published: 24 January 2020
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update –
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – July 2020
January 2020 Authors: Rebecca Cassells,
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan
Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan Published: 14 August 2020
Published: 21 February 2020
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update –
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – August 2020
February 2020 Authors: Rebecca Cassells,
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan
Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan Published: 18 September 2020
Published: 28 March 2020
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update –
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – September 2020
March 2020 Authors: Rebecca Cassells,
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan
Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan Published: 20 October 2020
Published: 16 April 2020
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update –
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – October 2020
April 2020 Authors: Rebecca Cassells,
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan
Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan Published: 23 November 2020
Published: 18 May 2020
BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update –
May 2020
Authors: Rebecca Cassells,
Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan
Published: 26 June 2020
22 BANKWEST CURTIN ECONOMICS CENTRE | ANNUAL REPORT 2020BCEC Quarterly Economic
Commentary
BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary
– July 2020
Authors: Rebecca Cassells, Daniel Kiely,
Silvia Salazar
Published: 17 July 2020
BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary
– November 2020
Authors: Rebecca Cassells,
Alan Duncan, Daniel Kiely,
Silvia Salazar
Published: 27 November 2020
BCEC Newsletter
BCEC Newsletter Summer 2019 edition
Author: Caroline Stewart
Published: April 2020
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