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New data shows Australians are spending more on mental health services and with costs to business in the millions, it’s time employers realised good mental health is good for the bottom line too.
A professor of economics reflects on other outbreaks to get to grips with the likely impacts of Zika.
NHS productivity gains have been truly impressive, but are they sustainable?
In the 1950s, Ghana was twice as rich as South Korea. It has since fallen a long way behind.
Getting jobseekers off benefits and into well-paid jobs should be a priority. So why has pace been glacial?
Efforts to fix the UK’s failure to make more stuff and be more profitable focus too far up the chain.
Cities aren’t the ever-growing, long-lasting powerhouses we think they are.
Knowledge and ideas and their application are the key to creating the conditions for the level of innovation Australia needs to build its comparative advantage.
Innovators and entrepreneurs will ensure that Africa continues to grow. But they need to be nurtured to lead the development.
Australian miners are looking to cut costs and improve productivity, but what’s really needed is innovation and long-term thinking.
Science and technology is seen as a key driver of a nation’s economic fortunes. How is the African continent faring a decade after the first major global survey on countries’ performance?
Sometimes it is what software you’ve got, and what you do with it too.
A living wage grabs the headlines, but sluggish productivity is a harder nut to crack than that.
The amount our workers produce has been stagnant for a while now, but there is a boost to be had in increasing labour force involvement in their jobs and the business.
Discussion about longer hours of childcare has focused on cost and adult productivity – but there are health benefits for children.
Everyone know it’s good to escape to the great outdoors, but new research shows just 40 seconds with some greenery can boost our ability to concentrate.
Australia needs to take risks and think clever if the country is to stay competitive in a global market.
Heat cost Australia nearly A$7 billion in 2014, which is bad news given climate forecasts of hotter and more frequent heatwaves.
Lots of research supports the idea that workers with higher educational levels and more experience earn more. But what about personality traits?
Top contributors
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professsor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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MBA Director & Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Professor, Strategy, Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Johannesburg
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Academic Director, Murdoch University
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Professor, Monash University
