Events
In conversation with Margaret Simons
Margaret Simons will be in conversation with Professor Helen Sullivan on Margaret’s new Quarterly Essay Cry Me A River: The Tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin.
Remittance trap: myth or reality? Threshold study of remittances and growth
The paper presented in this seminar revisits the debate on remittance and growth nexus, examining whether there is a ‘remittance trap’ or ‘threshold’ which remittances start to have a negative effect on growth.
What drives innovation in Asia? COVID-19: What will be the economic impact?
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) flagship economic publication Asian Development Outlook 2020 (ADO) provides a comprehensive analysis of macroeconomic issues in developing Asia and the Pacific, including growth projections by country and region.
The effect of gasoline prices on suburban housing values in China
Tong Zhang presents new PhD research on gasoline prices and housing values in China.
Gender Responsive Budgeting and Progressing Breastfeeding Policy in 2020 and Beyond – Introductory Webinar
How to progress breastfeeding policy in Australia, through applying innovative global initiatives.
The labour market impact of a high skilled migration wave: evidence following the abolition of the White Australia Policy
Toan Nguyen finds positive impacts of immigrants on native Australian workers, including higher wages and fewer workers in part-time employment.
Improving SME tax compliance without increasing revenue? Evidence from a population-wide randomised controlled trial in Papua New Guinea
Hoy reports on an experiment to gauge the impact of “nudging” small and medium sized enterprises towards tax compliance in Papua New Guinea.
Pliant like the bamboo: Institutional heterogeneities of host countries and the labour market assimilation of Filipinos around the world
Christopher Cabuay presents his PhD findings on labour market assimilation
Breastfeeding policy in 2020 and beyond – Emergency and pandemic preparedness and response planning in Australia
In times of health crisis and emergency, including COVID-19, the implementation of the WHO/UNICEF Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding is more important than ever.
Taxes and transfers in the time of COVID-19: A brownbag with Robert Breunig and Steven Hamilton
Join Robert Breunig and Steven Hamilton as they discuss the crucial role of the tax and transfer system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The effective rate of spillover protection: Trade wars in an era of global value chains
In the context of the the US-China trade war, Menon explains how a relatively small tariff on Chinese exports to the US can greatly disrupt global supply chains.
Openness and the growth-poverty nexus: Reappraisal with a new openness indicator
Wannaphong Durongkaveroj his third PhD chapter on openness, growth, and poverty
Migrant health workers are on the COVID-19 frontline: we need more of them
Helen Dempster and Rebekah Smith discussed ways in which we can address global health worker shortages during pandemics, and, in the long-term, build up the global stock of health workers to address increasingly worrying demographic impacts.
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