Supporting research and data
Commission staff undertake supporting research and analysis, data compilation and model development in support of our inquiry and study activity.
Men not at work: An analysis of men outside the labour force
23 / 01 / 2007
This staff working paper is part of a stream of Productivity Commission research focused on labour participation issues.
Workforce participation rates - How does Australia compare?
11 / 01 / 2007
This paper examines the comparability of international workforce participation rates and seeks to better understand the magnitude of the gap between Australia's workforce participation rates and those of other OECD countries.
Regulation and its review 2005-06
01 / 12 / 2006
Regulation and its Review 2005-06 reports on compliance with the Australian Government's requirements for the making and review of regulations. The Government requires departments and agencies to prepare Regulation Impact Statements to ensure regulatory action is well informed and achieves intended goals.
Water reform, property rights and hydrological realities
02 / 11 / 2006
This paper by Neil Byron and Gavan Dwyer, was presented to the Melbourne Institute 2006 Economic and Social Outlook Conference, Making the Boom Pay: Securing the Next Generation of Prosperity, at the University of Melbourne, 2-3 November 2006.
Irrigated farms
27 / 09 / 2006
A joint publication of the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Productivity Commission which examines the diversity of farm irrigation practices and management - providing a detailed statistical description of farms which use and trade irrigation water.
Stranded irrigation assets
28 / 06 / 2006
The aim of this study is to determine the significance of stranded irrigation assets for selected irrigation authorities.
Econometric modelling of R&D and Australia's productivity
04 / 05 / 2006
The objective of this study was to undertake a series of modelling exercises to clarify the relationship between R&D and productivity growth in Australia.
Taskforce on Reducing Regulatory Burdens on Business
07 / 04 / 2006
On 12 October 2005, the Prime Minister announced the appointment of a taskforce to identify practical options for alleviating the compliance burden on business from Government regulation. The taskforce examined and reported on areas where regulatory reform can provide significant immediate gains to business.
Productive reform in a federal system
06 / 04 / 2006
This roundtable was convened to discuss issues associated with the challenge of securing better policy outcomes from our federal system of government.
Measuring the contributions of productivity and terms of trade to Australia's economic welfare
28 / 03 / 2006
This research identifies and implements improvements in practical welfare measurement beyond the conventional average income or GDP per capita measure; and gauges the welfare contributions of productivity and the terms of trade.
Productivity perspectives 2006
17 / 03 / 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Productivity Commission held a one-day productivity conference in Canberra on 23 March 2006 to examine Australia's productivity performance from a mix of analytical, measurement and policy perspectives.
Irrigation externalities: Pricing and charges
14 / 03 / 2006
This paper discusses the nature and causes of environmental change related to rural water use, and examines the issues surrounding possible charges on water use for water related externalities.
Extending country of origin labelling to selected packaged fruit or vegetable whole food produce
01 / 03 / 2006
A report prepared by the Centre for International Economics which examines the feasibility of a proposed extension of the current food standard concerning CoOL (gazetted in December 2005) that was specified in a Ministerial Direction to Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (the Ministerial Direction).
Armington elasticities and terms of trade effects in global CGE models
08 / 02 / 2006
This paper aims to illustrate the effects of the Armington assumption on one of the main factors that affects welfare outcomes, namely, the terms of trade.
Precaution: Principles and practice in Australian environmental and natural resource management
08 / 02 / 2006
This paper was the presidential address by Deborah Peterson, to the 50th Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, held in Manly, New South Wales on 8 to 10 February 2006.
Armington model
08 / 02 / 2006
This paper explores how models adopting the Armington formulation differ from traditional models, in their quantitative properties and underlying theory of trade.
Extending CoOL: A benefit cost analysis
01 / 02 / 2006
A report prepared by the Centre for International Economics which examines the feasibility of a proposed extension of the current food standard concerning CoOL (gazetted in December 2005) that was specified in a Ministerial Direction to Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (the Ministerial Direction).
Quantitative modelling at the Productivity Commission
22 / 12 / 2005
This report by Dr. Phillipa Dee was commissioned as a background paper for the Productivity Commission's conference, Quantitative Tools for Microeconomic Policy Analysis held in Canberra in November 2004.
Regulation and its review 2004-05
31 / 10 / 2005
Annual report for 2004-05 on compliance with the Australian Government's requirements for the making and review of regulations. The Government requires departments and agencies to prepare Regulation Impact Statements to ensure regulatory action is well informed and achieves intended goals.
Integrating rural and urban water markets in south east Australia: Preliminary analysis
25 / 10 / 2005
This conference paper uses a regional general equilibrium model of the Australian economy (TERM-Water) to undertake a preliminary analysis of the effects of expanding the trade of water in south east Australia to include both irrigators and urban users. The focus is on the urban centres of Adelaide, Canberra and Melbourne, and the major irrigation districts in the southern Murray-Darling Basin and Gippsland.