14-November-2019
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1-June-2016
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Digital Disruption: What do governments need to do?
This report explores the potential impacts and challenges of digital technology for markets and competition, workers and society, and the way governments operate. Particular emphasis is placed on the linkages between digital technologies and productivity growth.
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3-May-2016
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Analysis Of The Long Term Effects Of a Company Tax Cut
This paper examines the effect of a company tax cut using a static representative household computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. It finds that a company income tax cut can increase living standards, even after allowing for increases in other taxes or cutting government spending to recover lost revenue, by lowering the before tax cost of capital.
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1-April-2016
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PC Productivity Update 2016
A review of Australia's productivity performance for 2014-15.
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21-February-2016
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Productivity in Financial and Insurance Services
This note describes challenges inherent in estimating productivity for the finance insurance and superannuation sector.
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1-December-2015
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Efficiency of NSW public transport services
Commissioned by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART), this study assesses the efficiency of public transport services and suggests maximum fares applicable.
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30-November-2015
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Workplace Relations Framework Inquiry Report (Overview and Recommendations)
Wary of the role Fair Work laws can play to secure prosperity, the Australian Government seeks to ensure these are balanced and effective. Against this background, the Productivity Commission was tasked to assess the performance of the workplace relations framework, including the Fair Work Act 2009, focusing on key social and economic indicators important to the well-being, productivity and competitiveness of Australia and its people.
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27-November-2015
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Experimental Estimates of Industry Level KLEMS Multifactor Productivity
ABS Cat. No. 5260.0.55.003 - Information Paper: Experimental Estimates of Industry Level KLEMS Multifactor Productivity This paper presents the first Australian Bureau of Statistics experimental estimates of industry level KLEMS multifactor productivity (MFP) for the 16 market sector industries. The purpose of these estimates is to facilitate more in–depth analysis of the determinants of growth at the industry level.
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7-April-2015
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Understanding The Economy-Wide Efficiency And Incidence of Major Australian Taxes
Using a static general equilibrium model, this paper examines the welfare costs and identifies the economic incidence of marginal changes to the structure of the Australian tax system.
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21-February-2015
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On Productivity: concepts and measurement
As indicated by its title, this note reviews various concepts underlying the notion of 'productivity', and discusses problems in both the accuracy of the raw data and in the methodologies applied.