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class="column9"> <h1>Publications</h1> <p> </p> <div class='horizontal_panels'> <div class="panel publication"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/dare-to-venture-startups-and-the-innovation-ecosystem-in-western-australia/" class="title">Dare to Venture: Startups and the innovation ecosystem in Western Australia</a> <span class='authors'>Alex Buckland, Abebe Hailemariam, Daniel Kiely, Angelica Munoz, Panagiotis Sotirakopoulos</span> <span class="content"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/dare-to-venture-startups-and-the-innovation-ecosystem-in-western-australia/" class="image"> <img src="https://bcec.edu.au/assets/2024/11/Innovation-and-startup-ecosystem-in-Western-Australia-REPORT-COVER-300x424.png" alt="" /> </a> <span class="intro"> Dare to Venture: Startups and the innovation ecosystem in Western Australia, the eighteenth report in the BCEC Focus on WA series, seeks to better understand the startup and innovation ecosystem in Western Australia, to inform policies that support entrepreneurship and<span class="excerpt-more"><span class="excerpt-more-dots">... </span><a class="excerpt-more-link" href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/dare-to-venture-startups-and-the-innovation-ecosystem-in-western-australia/">Read article</a></span> <span class="meta"> <span class='date'>19 November 2024</span><span class='category'>Focus on WA</span> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/dare-to-venture-startups-and-the-innovation-ecosystem-in-western-australia/" class="read_more"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </span> </span> </span> </div> <div class="panel publication"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/presentation-dare-to-venture-startups-and-the-innovation-ecosystem-in-western-australia/" class="title">Presentation: Dare to Venture: Startups and the innovation ecosystem in Western Australia</a> <span class='authors'>Abebe Hailemariam, Daniel Kiely</span> <span class="content"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/presentation-dare-to-venture-startups-and-the-innovation-ecosystem-in-western-australia/" class="image"> <img src="https://bcec.edu.au/assets/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-130208-300x424.png" alt="" /> </a> <span class="intro"> View the presentation slides from the launch of the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre report, Dare to Venture: Startups and the innovation ecosystem in Western Australia, presented by Dr Daniel Kiely and Dr Abebe Hailemariam at the report’s launch on 19 November<span class="excerpt-more"><span class="excerpt-more-dots">... </span><a class="excerpt-more-link" href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/presentation-dare-to-venture-startups-and-the-innovation-ecosystem-in-western-australia/">Read article</a></span> <span class="meta"> <span class='date'>19 November 2024</span><span class='category'>Focus on WA</span> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/presentation-dare-to-venture-startups-and-the-innovation-ecosystem-in-western-australia/" class="read_more"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </span> </span> </span> </div> <div class="panel publication"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-october-2024/" class="title">BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – October 2024</a> <span class='authors'>Michael Dockery</span> <span class="content"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-october-2024/" class="image"> <img src="https://bcec.edu.au/assets/2024/11/Monthly-Labour-Market-Update-October-2024-COVER-300x424.jpg" alt="" /> </a> <span class="intro"> — Job creation slows in October, but marks seventh month of uninterrupted growth. — — Unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent as participation rate eases from record level. — — Recently released indices for prices and wages suggest inflation<span class="excerpt-more"><span class="excerpt-more-dots">... </span><a class="excerpt-more-link" href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-october-2024/">Read article</a></span> <span class="meta"> <span class='date'>18 November 2024</span><span class='category'>Monthly Labour Market Update</span> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-october-2024/" class="read_more"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </span> </span> </span> </div> <div class="panel publication"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-september-2024/" class="title">BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – September 2024</a> <span class="content"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-september-2024/" class="image"> <img src="https://bcec.edu.au/assets/2024/10/Monthly-Labour-Market-Update-September-2024-FINAL-300x424.png" alt="" /> </a> <span class="intro"> — Nationally 64,100 jobs added in September as male full-time employment surges 1.1 per cent in a single month. — — Unemployment rate steady at 4.1 per cent, after August figure revised down. — — Public sector employment growth conflicting with<span class="excerpt-more"><span class="excerpt-more-dots">... </span><a class="excerpt-more-link" href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-september-2024/">Read article</a></span> <span class="meta"> <span class='date'>22 October 2024</span><span class='category'>Monthly Labour Market Update</span> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-september-2024/" class="read_more"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </span> </span> </span> </div> <div class="panel publication"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-august-2024/" class="title">BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – August 2024</a> <span class='authors'>Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan</span> <span class="content"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-august-2024/" class="image"> <img src="https://bcec.edu.au/assets/2024/09/Monthly-Labour-Market-Update-August-2024-cover-300x424.png" alt="" /> </a> <span class="intro"> Sustained jobs growth continues to stymie rate cut hopes Monthly labour force survey estimates continue to defy expectations of a downturn in the labour market. Nationally employment increased by 47,500 persons in August. That’s the third month in a row<span class="excerpt-more"><span class="excerpt-more-dots">... </span><a class="excerpt-more-link" href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-august-2024/">Read article</a></span> <span class="meta"> <span class='date'>20 September 2024</span><span class='category'>Monthly Labour Market Update</span> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-august-2024/" class="read_more"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </span> </span> </span> </div> <div class="panel publication"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/appendix-dimensions-and-prevalence-of-decent-work-in-australia/" class="title">Appendix: Dimensions and prevalence of decent work in Australia</a> <span class='authors'>Silvia Salazar, Alan Duncan</span> <span class="content"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/appendix-dimensions-and-prevalence-of-decent-work-in-australia/" class="image"> <img src="https://bcec.edu.au/assets/2024/09/HESTA-Appendix-Cover-300x424.png" alt="" /> </a> <span class="intro"> APPENDIX United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8) focuses on decent work and economic growth. It promotes decent work for the benefits it provides to individuals, businesses, investors and the economy. At the business level, these benefits include improved productivity,<span class="excerpt-more"><span class="excerpt-more-dots">... </span><a class="excerpt-more-link" href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/appendix-dimensions-and-prevalence-of-decent-work-in-australia/">Read article</a></span> <span class="meta"> <span class='date'>10 September 2024</span><span class='category'>Research Reports</span> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/appendix-dimensions-and-prevalence-of-decent-work-in-australia/" class="read_more"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </span> </span> </span> </div> <div class="panel publication"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/dimensions-and-prevalence-of-decent-work-in-australia/" class="title">Dimensions and prevalence of decent work in Australia</a> <span class='authors'>Silvia Salazar, Alan Duncan</span> <span class="content"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/dimensions-and-prevalence-of-decent-work-in-australia/" class="image"> <img src="https://bcec.edu.au/assets/2024/09/HESTA-Report-Cover-300x424.png" alt="" /> </a> <span class="intro"> United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8) focuses on decent work and economic growth. It promotes decent work for the benefits it provides to individuals, businesses, investors and the economy. At the business level, these benefits include improved productivity, strengthened<span class="excerpt-more"><span class="excerpt-more-dots">... </span><a class="excerpt-more-link" href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/dimensions-and-prevalence-of-decent-work-in-australia/">Read article</a></span> <span class="meta"> <span class='date'>10 September 2024</span><span class='category'>Research Reports</span> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/dimensions-and-prevalence-of-decent-work-in-australia/" class="read_more"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </span> </span> </span> </div> <div class="panel publication"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/gender-equity-insights-2024-changing-nature-part-time-work-australia/" class="title">Gender Equity Insights 2024: The changing nature of part-time work in Australia</a> <span class='authors'>Alan Duncan, Silvia Salazar, Lili Loan Vu</span> <span class="content"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/gender-equity-insights-2024-changing-nature-part-time-work-australia/" class="image"> <img src="https://bcec.edu.au/assets/2024/09/Gender-Equity-Insights-2024-Report-Cover-300x424.png" alt="" /> </a> <span class="intro"> The ninth report in the BCEC|WGEA Gender Equity Insights series provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving nature of part-time work and implications of this change for the future of work in Australia, finding: Part-time roles dropped by 3.2 percentage points<span class="excerpt-more"><span class="excerpt-more-dots">... </span><a class="excerpt-more-link" href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/gender-equity-insights-2024-changing-nature-part-time-work-australia/">Read article</a></span> <span class="meta"> <span class='date'>9 September 2024</span><span class='category'>Gender Equity Insights</span> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/gender-equity-insights-2024-changing-nature-part-time-work-australia/" class="read_more"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </span> </span> </span> </div> <div class="panel publication"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/presentation-gender-equity-insights-2024-the-changing-nature-of-part-time-work-in-australia/" class="title">Presentation: Gender Equity Insights 2024: The changing nature of part-time work in Australia</a> <span class='authors'>Alan Duncan, Silvia Salazar</span> <span class="content"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/presentation-gender-equity-insights-2024-the-changing-nature-of-part-time-work-in-australia/" class="image"> <img src="https://bcec.edu.au/assets/2024/09/GEI-Presentation-Cover-300x424.jpg" alt="" /> </a> <span class="intro"> View the publication by lead authors Professor Alan Duncan, Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, and Dr Silvia Salazar, Senior Research Fellow, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, from the launch of the report Gender Equity Insights 2024: The changing nature of part-time work<span class="excerpt-more"><span class="excerpt-more-dots">... </span><a class="excerpt-more-link" href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/presentation-gender-equity-insights-2024-the-changing-nature-of-part-time-work-in-australia/">Read article</a></span> <span class="meta"> <span class='date'>9 September 2024</span><span class='category'>Presentations</span> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/presentation-gender-equity-insights-2024-the-changing-nature-of-part-time-work-in-australia/" class="read_more"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </span> </span> </span> </div> <div class="panel publication"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/victoria-china-trade-briefing-note-benefits-to-western-households/" class="title">Victoria – China trade briefing note: Benefits to Western Households</a> <span class='authors'>Alex Buckland, Alan Duncan, Mohammad Farhad, Abebe Hailemariam, Daniel Kiely, Valentina Sanchez Arenas, Panagiotis Sotirakopoulos</span> <span class="content"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/victoria-china-trade-briefing-note-benefits-to-western-households/" class="image"> <img src="https://bcec.edu.au/assets/2024/08/ACBC-Benefit-to-Households-Victoria-Report-2024-COVER-300x424.jpg" alt="" /> </a> <span class="intro"> Commissioned by the Australia China Business Council, this briefing note establishes a firm evidence base on the economic impact of trade with China on Victorian households. This briefing note provides and overview of the relationship between China and VIC. It<span class="excerpt-more"><span class="excerpt-more-dots">... </span><a class="excerpt-more-link" href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/victoria-china-trade-briefing-note-benefits-to-western-households/">Read article</a></span> <span class="meta"> <span class='date'>21 August 2024</span><span class='category'>Research Reports</span> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/victoria-china-trade-briefing-note-benefits-to-western-households/" class="read_more"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </span> </span> </span> </div> <div class="panel publication"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-july-2024/" class="title">BCEC Monthly Labour Market Update – July 2024</a> <span class='authors'>Michael Dockery, Alan Duncan</span> <span class="content"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-july-2024/" class="image"> <img src="https://bcec.edu.au/assets/2024/08/BCEC-Monthly-Labour-Market-Update-July-2024-COVER-300x424.jpg" alt="" /> </a> <span class="intro"> — Unemployment rate rises to 4.2 per cent in July, but continued surge in jobs growth the real story. — — Participation hits all-time highs for persons overall (67.1%) and for women (63.2%). — — Results strongly affected by apparent<span class="excerpt-more"><span class="excerpt-more-dots">... </span><a class="excerpt-more-link" href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-july-2024/">Read article</a></span> <span class="meta"> <span class='date'>20 August 2024</span><span class='category'>Monthly Labour Market Update</span> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-monthly-labour-market-update-july-2024/" class="read_more"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </span> </span> </span> </div> <div class="panel publication"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/child-poverty-in-australia-2024/" class="title">Child Poverty in Australia 2024: The lifelong impacts of financial deprivation and poor-quality housing on child development</a> <span class='authors'>Alan Duncan, Chris Twomey</span> <span class="content"> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/child-poverty-in-australia-2024/" class="image"> <img src="https://bcec.edu.au/assets/2024/08/BCEC-Child-Poverty-in-Australia-2024-300x424.png" alt="" /> </a> <span class="intro"> Our children are the future of our nation. An Australia with a bright future is one in which all children have what they need to grow and thrive. As research tells us more about the critical role of early development<span class="excerpt-more"><span class="excerpt-more-dots">... </span><a class="excerpt-more-link" href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/child-poverty-in-australia-2024/">Read article</a></span> <span class="meta"> <span class='date'>8 August 2024</span><span class='category'>Research Reports</span> <a href="https://bcec.edu.au/publications/child-poverty-in-australia-2024/" class="read_more"> <span>Read More</span> </a> </span> </span> </span> </div></div><div class='pagination-c'><nav class='pagination'><span aria-current="page" class="page-numbers current">1</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="/publications/?page=2">2</a> <a class="page-numbers" href="/publications/?page=3">3</a> <span class="page-numbers dots">…</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="/publications/?page=43">43</a> <a class="next page-numbers" href="/publications/?page=2"><span class="next">next</span></a></nav></div> </div> </div> </section> <div 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