Factor-endowment based trade with the leading economy helps to explain the differing development performances of the …-endowment based trade and economic ties with the secondary advanced economy (first the U.S. and then Japan) played important roles in …

availability of housing for first home buyers. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December …. In its final assessment, the Commission maintained that there was no ‘quick fix’ to make housing more affordable for …

This paper compares the role of technological change with that of trade in explaining the increased demand for skilled … workers. The paper shows technology has played the dominant role in changing employment patterns in Australia. The finding is … production has also promoted the employment of more highly skilled workers. …

. The inquiry will also look at relevant workplace issues and international trade developments. …

Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003 highlights the marked disparities between Indigenous and other …

the Italian economy over the years covered by our dataset. …

A two-block open economy model is estimated in this paper using Australian and U.S. data. Evaluation of the estimated … model is carried out in relation to a simple closed economy alternative. Namely, we inspect the implied transmission … mechanisms, and examine the relative out-of-sample forecasting performance of the closed and open economy models. …

goods, measured by retail trade surveys, may also improve short-term monitoring of consumption. We find that both consumer … from retail trade surveys may offer significant benefits for the analysis of short-term prospects of consumption. …This paper assesses the information content of two survey indicators for consumption developments in the near future …