Productivity
As Paul Krugman famously said, “Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run, it’s nearly everything”. I spent half of the interval between working at ANZ and Bank of America Merrill Lynch researching and writing about productivity growth for the Grattan Institute.
Population, participation and productivity: How to think about long-run economic growth
Productivity, The Global Economy | 5th July 2017Presentation to the International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists (ICCBE), Paris, 4-6th July 2017
Five Potential Impediments to Improving Australia’s Productivity Performance
Productivity | 13th December 2016Presentation to a conference hosted by the Productivity Commission at its offices in Canberra, 13th December 2016
The Importance of productivity as a driver of the Victorian economy
Productivity, The Australian Economy | 24th November 2016Presentation to Members of Victoria’s Parliament, Melbourne, 25th November 2016
Productivity and inclusive growth
Economic Policies, Productivity | 1st July 2013Chapter 5 in Paul Smyth and John Buchanan (eds), Inclusive Growth in Australia, Allen & Unwin (2013) (for more on this book see here or here).
Productivity
Labour Market, Productivity | 24th May 20122nd Bishop Manning Lecture, hosted by the Catholic Commission for Employment Relations, 24th May 2012
Australia’s Productivity Performance
Productivity, Publications | 18th February 2012Essay published in the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA)’s Annual Political and Economic Overview, February 2012
What can be done to improve Australia’s productivity performance
Productivity, Publications | 8th September 2011Saul Eslake | The Conversation | 8th September 2011 What is to be done about Australia’s deteriorating productivity performance? It’s by no means inconceivable that the answer to this question could be “nothing”. Historical precedent strongly suggests Australians and their politicians will feel no great compulsion to embrace a program of productivity-enhancing economic reforms as […]
Productivity: The Lost Decade
Productivity | 15th August 2011Paper presented to the annual policy conference of the Reserve Bank of Australia, 15th August 2011
