Current research
We undertake policy relevant research in addition to our commissioned public inquiries and studies. This web page lists our current research projects.
Do tax arrangements encourage biodiversity on farms?
This work will consider tax concessions and the role that they play, within a ‘nature positive’ policy context, in incentivising conservation of biodiversity on private land.
Housing construction productivity
This work investigates issues that might be weighing on productivity growth in the housing construction sector, such as barriers to the adoption of innovation and scaling up, government regulation at the local, state and federal level, and characteristics of the construction workforce.
Person Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA) data use
This work reviews the literature on the use of large and linked administrative data for public policy analysis. It takes a case study approach to identifying the strengths and limitations of PLIDA for different areas of Australian public policy research. It also explores opportunities for enabling greater use by researchers.
Private health status and hospital service use
This work will examine the impact of private health status on hospital access and utilisation.
Productivity before and after COVID
This work seeks to understand the sharp rise and subsequent decline in labour productivity observed from 2020 to 2023, as well as longer-term trends in labour productivity. We intend to identify what contributed to the rise and decline, and to understand why labour productivity has landed at the same spot as before the pandemic.
Revisions to quarterly productivity releases
This work seeks to ascertain the confidence that policymakers should have in the estimates, initial and revised, of quarterly productivity growth figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics given the data is subject to revision.
Talent in transit: Occupation and industry mobility in Australia
This work looks at occupational and cross-industry mobility in Australia from 2015-16 to 2022-23.
Using financial mechanisms to drive better value healthcare
This work will consider how financial mechanisms can be used to drive better value care in Australia’s health system.