“They [the Labor government] haven’t just slowed the growth of productivity, they have actually produced a diminution of Australia’s multi-factor productivity by 3% since the end of 2007. This is a very…
Three recent reports into productivity highlight differing issues but agree that targeting industrial reform is not the key to lifting outputs.
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The Australian Government’s recently released white paper on Australia in the Asian Century identified productivity as one of five key areas for action, at a time when we are engaged in a major national…
There is little evidence to support the belief that Australia’s productivity declines are linked to the need for labour market reform.
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It is not easy to devise a solution to Australia’s productivity slowdown when a shared understanding of the problem is so elusive. While there is recognition among policy-makers that productivity is a…