Through our research, the Commission contributes to the public debate and encourages informed policy discussion.
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.
Released: 21 Apr 2015
This paper by Tim Murray was released on 21 April 2015. It uses a small, custom-built, international computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyse the potential impacts of implementing the mutual recognition of imputation credits (MRIC)
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/mutual-recognition-imputation-credits
Released: 7 Mar 2011
Paragraph 17 of the National Partnership Agreement on the Elective Surgery Waiting List Reduction Plan specifies that the COAG Reform Council (CRC) will assess the performance of each State and Territory against the performance benchmarks in
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/national-partnership/elective-surgery
Released: 21 Dec 2007
This report was prepared by the Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR) which has now moved to the Finance and Deregulation portfolio.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/best-practice-regulation-2006-07
Released: 21 Jul 2011
This paper examines multifactor productivity growth cycles at the industry level in Australia and the considerable variation in these cycles across industries and the market sector.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/industry-multifactor-productivity
Released: 7 Jun 2010
The information in this report is intended as an input to the COAG Reform Council's analysis of the National Affordable Housing Agreement.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/national-agreements/affordable-housing
Released: 18 Mar 2010
In this Staff Working Paper, a human capital earnings function and data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey are used to estimate the effects of education and health status on wages, which can be used as an
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/education-health-effects-wages
Released: 14 Nov 2002
This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the competing viewpoints on SID for medical services - through a balanced assessment of the existing theory and evidence, using an economic framework focusing on Australian general
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/supplier-induced-medical-demand
Released: 19 Sep 2016
This report assesses the performance of State and Territory government against the four benchmarks set out in the National Partnership Agreement on Essential Vaccines for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/national-partnership/essential-vaccines/2015-2016
Released: 1 Feb 1995
Four submissions which were made to the Corporations Law, Simplifications Task Force.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/corporations-law-simplification
Released: 1 Sep 1997
Assessing Australia's productivity performance
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/assessing-productivity-performance
We undertake other policy relevant research in addition to our commissioned public inquiries and studies. This web page lists our current research projects.
This is our catalogue of policy relevant research that has been completed.
Commission staff undertake supporting research and analysis, data compilation and model development in support of our inquiry and study activity.
Employment & Education
Industry & Trade
Natural Resources
Productivity Analysis
Social & Community