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Through our research, the Commission contributes to the public debate and encourages informed policy discussion.
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Public Transport Pricing - Commission Research Paper
Released: 15 Dec 2021
COVID-19 has decimated public transport patronage and revenue in all Australian cities. The recovery period provides time for state and territory governments to re-think how they price and deliver sustainable public transport services. The report
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/public-transport
Working from Home - Commission Research Paper
Released: 16 Sep 2021
The paper considers how decisions about location of work will be made as firms and workers continue to learn how to organise their work, and what an increase in working from home might mean for workplace regulation, urban centres and wellbeing more
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/working-from-home
BLADE for Productivity Research - Productivity Commission Staff Working Paper
Released: 5 May 2021
This staff working paper discusses the uses and limitations of the Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE) for economic research. BLADE is a comprehensive administrative dataset covering almost all Australian businesses between 2001
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/blade
Productivity in Manufacturing: Measurement and Interpretation - Productivity Commission Staff Working Paper
Released: 6 Dec 2013
The objective of this paper is to examine recent productivity performance in Manufacturing, with particular focus on the causes of its decline.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/manufacturing-measurement-interpretation
Labour's Share of Growth in Income and Prosperity - Productivity Commission Visiting Researcher Paper
Released: 26 Sep 2013
The paper is about the sources of growth in income in Australia and the effects of structural change on the distribution of income between labour and capital. The main objective is to find an explanation for the fall in the labour share of income
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/income-prosperity
On Productivity: the influence of natural resource inputs - Productivity Commission Staff Research Note
Released: 11 Jun 2013
This staff research note, released on 11 June 2013, looks at the effect of one of these other possible sources of change - natural resource inputs.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/natural-resource-inputs
Productivity Perspectives 2012 - Productivity Commission Conference Proceedings
Released: 21 Feb 2013
The Productivity Commission and the Australian Bureau of Statistics held a one-day productivity conference in Canberra on 20th November 2012. The conference provided an overview of productivity trends and a range of productivity measurement,
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/productivity-perspectives-2012
COAG's Regulatory and Competition Reform Agenda: A high level assessment of the gains - Productivity...
Released: 3 Aug 2012
The Productivity Commission was requested to conduct a 'preliminary high-level review' of sixteen areas of reform identified by COAG at its April 2012 meeting. The Commission's paper was provided on 29 June 2012 to the cross jurisdictional Taskforce
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/regulatory-competition-reform
Australia's Productivity Growth Slump: Signs of Crisis, Adjustment or Both? - Productivity Commission...
Released: 19 Apr 2012
This paper by visiting researcher Dean Parham was released on 19 April 2012.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/productivity-slump
Productivity in Electricity, Gas and Water: Measurement and Interpretation - Productivity Commission Staff...
Released: 4 Apr 2012
This staff working paper examines productivity trends in the Australian utilities industry and highlights some significant issues relating to the measurement and interpretation of changes in measured productivity over time.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/electricity-gas-water
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