Supporting Research and Data
Commission staff undertake supporting research and analysis, data compilation and model development in support of our inquiry and study activity.
Recent Trends in Australian Fertility
05 / 08 / 2008
This paper examines some reasons for the recent trends in Australian fertility.
Part Time Employment: the Australian Experience
12 / 06 / 2008
This paper aims to provide an overview of the changing role of part-time work in Australia.
What Role for Policies to Supplement an Emissions Trading Scheme?
22 / 05 / 2008
This Productivity Commission submission to the Garnaut Climate Change Review was released on 22 May 2008.
Assessing the Importance of National Economic Reform - Australian Productivity Commission experience
03 / 04 / 2008
Assessing the importance of national economic reform — Australian Productivity Commission experience - Productivity Commission Conference Paper
Armington General Equilibrium Model: Properties, Implications and Alternatives
27 / 02 / 2008
This paper explains further how the Armington Model works.
Migration, Trade and Investment
21 / 02 / 2008
This paper focuses on how migrants affect living standards by strengthening international social and business networks, thereby facilitating trade and investment flows.
Distributional Effects of Changes in Australian Infrastructure Industries during the 1990s
25 / 01 / 2008
This study provides insights into how, and to what extent, household incomes were affected by changes in infrastructure industries across States and Territories in the 1990s.
The Stern Review: an assessment of its methodology
24 / 01 / 2008
This paper contains a detailed examination of key elements of the Review’s analytical approach.
Econometric Modelling of Infrastructure and Australia's Productivity
/ 01 / 2008
Econometric Modelling of Infrastructure and Australia's Productivity
GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Project) Summary in Excel Programs
/ / 2008
GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Project) is a global network of researchers and policymakers who conduct quantitative analysis of international policy issues.
Integrated Tariff Analysis System (ITAS)
/ / 2008
Integrated Tariff Analysis System (ITAS)
Best Practice Regulation Report 2006-07
21 / 12 / 2007
This report was prepared by the Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR) which has now moved to the Finance and Deregulation portfolio.
Productivity Perspectives 2007
20 / 12 / 2007
The Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Productivity Commission held a one-day conference in Canberra on 6 December 2007 to discuss productivity trends and a range of productivity measurement, analytical and policy issues.
Assessing Productivity in the Delivery of Health Services in Australia: Some experimental estimates
06 / 12 / 2007
This paper was presented by Owen Gabbitas at the Productivity Perspectives 2007 conference held jointly between the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Productivity Commission in Canberra on 6 December 2007.
Modified Demographic and Economic Model (MoDEM 1.0)
24 / 09 / 2007
The Modified Demographic and Economic Model (MoDEM) was created for the Commission's report on Economic Implications of an Ageing Australia (PC 2005). It was modified for the report on Potential Benefits of the National Reform Agenda (PC 2007).
Precaution and the Precautionary Principle: two Australian case studies
18 / 09 / 2007
This paper develops further some themes initially canvassed in the Presidential Address to the 2006 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society conference presented by Deborah Peterson, and subsequently published in the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Behavioural Economics and Public Policy
09 / 08 / 2007
Proceedings of the roundtable, Behavioural Economics and Public Policy, held in Melbourne on 8 and 9 August 2007.
Effects of Health and Education on Labour Force Participation
22 / 05 / 2007
The paper explores alternative methodologies to obtain estimates of the labour force participation effects of the health and education variables targeted by the National Reform Agenda.
Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading
04 / 04 / 2007
This is a study of the potential economic and government revenue impacts of the NRA, as outlined in the 10 February 2006 COAG meeting Communique.
Can Australia Match US Productivity Performance?
08 / 03 / 2007
This paper examines Australia's future productivity growth prospects and, specifically, whether it is feasible for Australia to match the performance benchmarks set by other countries now and in the foreseeable future.