Through our research, the Commission contributes to the public debate and encourages informed policy discussion.
The Commission has a statutory mandate to conduct a program of research to support its inquiries, annual reporting and other responsibilities, including promoting community awareness and understanding of various productivity and regulatory issues.
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Released: 28 Nov 2016
This paper by Owen Gabbitas and Umme Salma was released on 28 November 2016. The paper describes a dynamic reference case that can be used in running the Victoria University Multi Region (VUMR) model.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/vumr-modelling
Released: 19 Sep 2016
This report assesses the performance of State and Territory government against the four benchmarks set out in the National Partnership Agreement on Essential Vaccines for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/national-partnership/essential-vaccines/2015-2016
Released: 29 Jul 2016
This staff research note by Matthew Forbes and Patrick Jomini highlights the importance of Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) and provides a rationale for further developing the Foundation LEED for policy research.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/linked-employer-employee-data
Released: 15 Jun 2016
This paper focuses on the role of government in the face of potentially disruptive technological change.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/digital-disruption
Released: 8 Jun 2016
This Commission-initiated research project was able to access a new national dataset that links information about primary school students' literacy and numeracy achievement and demographic characteristics with information about the schools they
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/indigenous-primary-school-achievement
Released: 29 Feb 2016
This research paper provides an economic stocktake of recent anti-dumping activity and the changes to Australia's anti-dumping system since the Commission's last report.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/antidumping-developments
Released: 19 Feb 2016
CAPITA-B replicates the common elements inherent in behavioural microsimulation models while keeping to a minimum details that would be required to model a particular policy application. This makes it easier to extend CAPITA-B to answer future
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/capita-b
Released: 18 Feb 2016
As the first service sector to be examined, there are new questions as to what is actually being measured and how well it reflects the underlying concept of productivity.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/productivity-financial-insurance-services
We undertake other policy relevant research in addition to our commissioned public inquiries and studies. This web page lists our current research projects.
This is our catalogue of policy relevant research that has been completed.
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