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Labour Market

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Labour markets tend to be among the most regulated markets in the economy. While these regulations were meant to protect workers, they are often counterproductive by putting obstacles in the way to job creation. Finding the right balance between these two goals remains a difficult task.

Publications

  1. Free-Trade Ferries: A Case for Competition

    Alexander Philipatos | 27 Oct 2011 | Issue Analysis

    Sydney needs a network of ferries that is able to cater to the city’s changing demographics but is also financially sustainable... Read More...

  2. Working Towards Self-Reliance: Three Lessons for Disability Pension Reform

    Jessica Brown | 05 Oct 2011 | Policy Monographs

    To successful reduce the number of pensioners on disability support, policymakers must apply the lessons of other welfare... Read More...

  3. Populate and Perish? Modelling Australia's Demographic Future

    Jessica Brown, Oliver Marc Hartwich | 07 Oct 2010 | Policy Monographs

    Since the publication of the 2010 Intergenerational Report, Australia has been debating its demographic future and whether... Read More...

  4. FEATURE: A Fresh Look at Labour Markets

    John Humphreys | 22 Mar 2010 | POLICY Magazine

    Minimum wage decisions should take into account all costs to the employer and all benefits to the employee.

  5. Indigenous Employment, Unemployment and Labour Force Participation: Facts for Evidence Based Policies

    Helen Hughes AO | 10 Feb 2010 | Policy Monographs

    Professor Helen Hughes, Senior Research Fellow at the CIS and Mark Hughes highlight that Indigenous non-labour force participation... Read More...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Liberals Drop Ball in Super Free-For-All

    Adam Creighton | 14 Nov 2011 | Australian Financial Review

    Lifting superannuation to 12% is wrong.... Read More

  2. Sighs of relief heard from the bankers' bunkers

    Adam Creighton | 16 Sep 2011 | The Age

    Alas, the GFC showed that it is impossible for democratic governments to let large financial institutions fail, however much ... Read More

  3. Wet ink on a euro death notice

    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 13 Sep 2011 | Business Spectator

    The euro has been a moribund currency for years. The remaining options to buy it more time have been blocked by the German ... Read More

  4. Same cracks, just a new coat of paint

    Adam Creighton | 07 Sep 2011 | The Australian Financial Review

    Analysis of the NSW Budget... Read More

  5. Time to revisit RBA board

    Stephen Kirchner | 07 Sep 2011 | The Australian Financial Review

    Union leaders would have you believe that the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia is beholden to the big end of town, ... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

  1. Pay me my money

    Alexander Philipatos | 09 Dec 2011

    Workers should have the choice of increased pay instead of holiday leave, if that’s what they want....

  2. Taken for a ferry ride

    Alexander Philipatos | 28 Oct 2011

    A free-trade ferry system in Sydney would provide faster ferries and save NSW taxpayers money....

  3. The holy grail of welfare reform

    Jessica Brown | 07 Oct 2011

    We must reduce the number of people on the Disability Pension Scheme by helping them to find work....

  4. Unions vs Representation

    Luke Malpass | 30 Sep 2011

    Reforming Australian industrial relations needs to begin with scrapping award wages....

  5. America and Europe jump together

    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 19 Aug 2011

    Rescuing banks, stimulating economies and guaranteeing for bankrupt states, North Atlantic governments have turned an economic ...

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