Research
Through our research, the Commission contributes to the public debate and encourages informed policy discussion. The Commission has six research streams:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
- Energy and Climate
- Environment and Water
- Health and Ageing
- Industry and Trade
- Productivity.
The Commission has a statutory mandate to conduct a program of research to support its inquiries, annual reporting and other responsibilities, including promoting community awareness and understanding of various productivity and regulatory issues.
Fully-matching results
Promoting economic dynamism, competition and business formation - Productivity Commission submission
Released: 6 Apr 2023
This Commission submission considers recent trends in key indicators of dynamism — firm entry and exit, concentration, price-markups, labour market mobility and investment.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/economic-dynamism
Australian manufacturing industry - Productivity Commission submission
Released: 17 Sep 2021
The Productivity Commission made a submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into the Australian Manufacturing Industry. The submission addresses the role that the Australian manufacturing industry has played, is playing and
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/manufacturing-industry
Negotiating trade and investment agreements - Productivity Commission submission
Released: 2 Oct 2023
This Commission submission argues among other things that broad and active consultation is required for agreements contribute to community-wide wellbeing and avoid being biased toward sectoral interests.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/negotiating-trade-and-investment-agreements
Australian Business Securitisation Fund - Productivity Commission submission
Released: 6 May 2022
The Productivity Commission made a submission to the Australian Business Securitisation Fund (ABSF) Review. The submission looks at how the ABSF can impact small and medium enterprise lending markets.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/business-securitisation-fund
Indigenous Voice co-design process - Productivity Commission submission
Released: 29 Apr 2021
The Productivity Commission made a submission to the Indigenous Voice Co-design Process.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/indigenous-voice
National Electric Vehicle Strategy - Productivity Commission submission
Released: 21 Nov 2022
This Commission submission focusses on some of the issues raised in the National Electric Vehicle Strategy consultation paper.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/electric-vehicle-strategy-submission
Certain aspects of the treaty-making process in Australia - Productivity Commission submission
Released: 6 Aug 2020
The Productivity Commission made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties in reference to its inquiry into Certain Aspects of the Treaty-Making Process in Australia. This submission draws on a range of work undertaken by the
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/treaty-making
Quality initial teacher education review - Productivity Commission submission
Released: 25 Feb 2022
The Productivity Commission made a submission to the Quality Initial Teacher Education Review. The submission explores issues with attracting high-quality ITE candidates to teaching, including related issues with teacher shortages in specific areas,
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/quality-initial-teacher-education
Supporting Australia's exports and attracting investment - Productivity Commission submission
Released: 7 Oct 2019
This submission responds to a request from the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth: Inquiry into supporting Australia's exports and attracting investment. The request was that the Commission provide material over the past five
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/supporting-exports
Australia's oil and gas reserves - Productivity Commission submission
Released: 11 Nov 2019
The submission summarises some observations from various Commission studies. The first section of the submission explores the reasons for government regulation of petroleum (oil and gas) resources. The rest of the submission briefly discusses the
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/oil-gas-reserves