In this presentation, Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher explored how artificial intelligence reshapes our economies and asks the question, will AI deliver abundance, drive unemployment — or both?

Drawing on lessons from past technological shifts and recent policy experiments, this talk examined how AI is transforming money, work and value — and whether its impact is technological or deeply social.

In this talk, Professor Ufuk Akcigit (University of Chicago) explores the productivity slowdown in the US and other high-income countries, including Australia, and examines how talent misallocation contributes to this challenge. He discusses how higher education, retraining initiatives, and R&D policies can work together to drive productivity growth.

This presentation will analyse the paradigm shift in Australian labour market policy since 2022 aimed at balancing business ‘efficiency’ with workforce ‘equity’. As well as analysing the post-2022 changes, the presentation will consider possible future labour market reform options.

Recent events in the USA and Europe show how rising inequalities can fuel social division, polarisation and political instability. This serves as a stark reminder of how important it is to monitor the health of our nation and take action to avoid a similar fate. So how does Australia’s progress on key economic, social and environmental indicators compare to our peers? Where are we falling behind and what are the risks? Can we turn around the rising levels of inequality, declining investment in innovation, and persistent poverty in Australia and chart a path to a fairer and more prosperous future? Our new report card on Australia’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) helps to answer these crucial questions.

In this webinar, Dr. Marina Yue Zhang explores the transformative impact of mobile payment platforms like Alipay and WeChat Pay in China, which have integrated online and offline life for millions. It also delves into China's Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), e-CNY, which is a state-backed digital currency designed to function alongside or replace cash. The e-CNY has significant implications for national sovereignty, economic policy, and global trade. China's strategic push for digital finance aims to reshape the global financial order and establish the country as a leader in CBDC technology, influencing future global economic governance.

Australia’s population has been growing larger and older over time. Both trends are likely to continue into the future. In this seminar, Professor Nick Parr discusses the long run, age-structure-related effects of changes to fertility rates, net migration numbers and age composition and mortality rates on future living standards and their sensitivity to other factors, including age-specific consumption needs of the population and social value judgements about intergenerational equity.

This presentation, hosted by David Turvey, explores the different types of skills shortages in Australia, using insight from Jobs and Skills Australia’s Occupation and Skills List (OSL), Skills Typology, and workforce shortage projections. It highlights the diverse drivers behind shortages and their implications for policy.

In theory, monetary policy is relatively straightforward. In practice, it is anything but. The gap between theory and practice was brought into sharp focus by the recent review of the RBA. Many observers had expected the review to focus on monetary policy objectives – a relatively theoretical aspect of monetary policy making. Instead, it surprised many by placing a major emphasis on very practical aspects such as institutional governance, culture and communications. In this talk, Dr John Simon will discuss why these often overlooked practical aspects of monetary policy are, in fact, essential to good monetary policy making.

In this seminar, Professor Byrne explores "price gouging" in oligopolistic industries.  Professor Byrne explores policy reform and Australian and global influences on firm's willingness and ability to price gouge, along with the future role of government in enabling pro-competitive pricing. 

In this seminar, Dr Currie discusses the history of central banking with reference to the evolution of the current Australian financial system, detailing the role of parliamentary inquiries and the eventual restructuring of the role of central bank prudential supervision as distinct from monetary policy.

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The Australian Energy Regulator has recently released guidance on the cost to attach to carbon emissions in the evaluation of energy investments. This seminar will provide an overview of the issues and explain the AER's approach.

To celebrate the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, NSW WEN invites you to a panel event discussing the achievements of women in sport and the challenges they face.

This presentation will provide an overview of recent research analysing the key drivers of retirement in Australia. 

This talk covers issues in the uses of the value of statistical life in cost-benefit studies, with special reference to Australia.

Dr Graham draws on one popular theory of behaviour to understand household spending patterns in response to the receipt of unusual income (e.g. a tax refund, or a bonus check).  He explores the concept of "mental accounts" in consumption choices and the effectiveness of fiscal stimulus policies on household spending.

The way the market works is clear to us, thanks to the many available economic statistics. However, there is another type of production that happens outside the market, usually in people's homes, which we don't see as easily. This non-market production also uses resources - time in particular - to create goods and services without involving money payments.

Professor Norman speaks on LALC entrepreneurship and the opportunities for greater inclusion in new economies that mobilises the Aboriginal land estate to ensure survival on country in a climate changing world.

Australian women earn on average 15% less per hour than men. What are the causes of this pay gap? Is it rooted in different occupational choices between men and women? Or does it reflect differences in pay across genders for identical occupations? We answer these questions using use population-wide taxation data covering the Australian workforce.

As former Competition Policy Minister and now as Independent Reviewer of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct, Dr Emerson will speak on the prevalence of oligopolies in Australia and the role and limits of government regulation dealing with oligopolies.

At this seminar, CEDA Economists James Brooks and Liam Dillon will present recent research on remote work in Australia and clean energy precincts respectively. 

As COVID-19 slowly dissipated, working from home (WFH) continues to be popular, with support from notable numbers of employees and employers. With growing evidence that we have either reached, or appear to be close to, a level of WFH to some extent that might be described as an equilibrium outcome going forward, we need to update any travel behaviour response models that have been developed during the passage of the pandemic.

Productivity growth, the key driver of long-run growth in incomes, has slowed significantly in advanced economies over the past few decades. In this seminar, Angus Wheeler will present the main findings from the paper and discuss the important implications, including that we should expect slower long-term output and tax revenue growth, as well as smaller positive spillovers from R&D activity.

For all the talk of near/re/on/friend-shoring, global supply chains have in fact been expanding. In a recent work commissioned by Hinrich Foundation, Thang Nguyen-Quoc (Oxford Economics) traces the evolution of global supply chain through the lens of intermediate goods trade.

The increasing cost and accessibility of housing is now a major public policy issue. The recent explosion of professional, political and public discussion on housing prices focuses on immediate events and often presents a partial explanation.

Join our three incredible panellists – Nicki Hutley, Danielle Wood and Danielle Woolley - as we discuss what the Federal Budget means for women. Putting a gender lens on the Budget, we will cover a range of issues including superannuation, the gender pay gap, paid parental leave, violence against women and social policy issues.