ABS and RBA Joint Conference – 2024 Human Capital

Sydney,

The Jobs and Skills Summit (September 2022) and the Employment White Paper (September 2023) have set out the Government’s response to challenges and opportunities facing the Australian labour market and economy. Through the lens of human capital, this conference will explore how data, and new measurement approaches, can inform the research and policies addressing these challenges and opportunities.

Papers

Session 1: Participation
  • A Review of How Economists Thinking about Human Capital has Evolved and the Current State of Research on Human Capital in Australia
    Presenters: Jeff Borland, University of Melbourne and Michael Smedes, Australian Bureau of Statistics
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  • It All Adds Up: Reforming Points-tested Visas
    Presenter: Brendan Coates, Grattan Institute
    Download 4.92MB
  • Children and the Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence for Australia
    Presenter: Nathan Deutscher, Australian Treasury
    Download 1.10MB
  • Towards an Estimate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Human Capital and How It Is Changing over Time
    Presenter: Nicholas Biddle, Australian National University
    Download 1.66MB
  • Understanding Barriers to Work and Successful Transitions in a Post-COVID Labour Market (paper not available)
    Presenter: Bjorn Jarvis, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Session 2: Skills (organised jointly with Jobs and Skills Australia)
  • Just How Efficient is the Australian Labour Market?
    Presenter: Adam Bialowas, Jobs and Skills Australia
    Download 1.22MB
  • VET Student Outcomes – Top 100 Courses: VET National Data Asset (VNDA)
    Presenter: Fan Xiang, Jobs and Skills Australia
    Download 4.78MB
  • QILT Graduate Outcomes Survey
    Presenter: Lisa Bolton, Social Research Centre
    Download 1.71MB
  • The Effect of the COVID-19 Recession on the Youth Labour Market in Australia (two-part presentation)
    • Part one: Preventing Scarring in the Post-pandemic Youth Labour Market
      Presenter: Gianni La Cava, e61 Institute
       Download 5.54MB
    • Part two: The Effect of the COVID-19 Recession on the Youth Labour Market in Australia
      Presenter: Gianni La Cava, e61 Institute
       Download 6.18MB
Session 3: Productivity (organised jointly with the Productivity Commission)
  • Talent in Transit: Occupation and Industry Mobility in Australia
    Presenter: Benjamin Mitra-Kahn, Productivity Commission
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  • Reflections on Worker and Firm Investments in Human Capital (paper not available)
    Presenter: Michael Coelli, University of Melbourne
  • The Ties That Bind: Post-employment Restraints in Australia (two-part presentation)
    • Part one: The Ties That Bind: Five Facts on Post-employment Restraints in Australia
      Presenter: Dan Andrews, e61 Institute and OECD
       Download 2.65MB
    • Part two (paper not available)
      Presenter: Bjorn Jarvis, Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Measuring Labour Quality in (Closer to) Real Time Using Emerging Microdata Sources
    Presenters: Jonathan Hambur, Reserve Bank of Australia and Angelina Bruno, Reserve Bank of Australia
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  • Biographies of Presenters
    Download 175KB