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Microeconomic reforms and Australian productivity : exploring the links : Commission research paper / Productivity Commission
Bib ID 1602003
Format BookBook, OnlineOnline
Author Australia. Productivity Commission
Online Versions http://www.pc.gov.au/research/commres/meraap/index.html
Description Melbourne : Productivity Commission, 1999. 
2 v. ; 25 cm. 
ISBN 1740370848  1740370844 (v.1)  1740370848 (v.2)  1740370844 
Series Commission research paper (Australia. Productivity Commission). 
Summary

The rationale for microeconomic reform is to raise the living standards of the community. Following a broad program of economic reforms, Australia's productivity growth - the major determinant of peoples' incomes over the long term - has surged in the 1990s. That this represents a break with past trends is becoming clear. But some important questions remain. How much of the improvement in productivity can be attributed to microeconomic reform? How have the gains been distributed? What have been the adjustment implications? The Productivity Commission has a broad program of research designed to shed light on such questions, both to assist policy makers and to help promote public awareness of issues that are central to Australia's economic future. This paper lays a framework for exploring the nature and significance of the links between microeconomic reforms and productivity. In addition to examining general trends, it gets behind the aggregates and into the detail of particular reforms and the responses of individual firms and industries. The research is not intended to be definitive. But it does add weight to the view that microeconomic reforms are contributing to an enduring transformation of the Australian economy and its productivity performance.ether, 'problem g

Full contents Vol. 1. Report -- v. 2. Case studies.  Vol. 1. Report -- Vol. 2. Case studies. 
Notes

"November 1999".

"The paper was prepared by Dean Parham...[et al.]"--p. iv.

Bibliography: p. 213-220 (v. 1) ; p. 189-191 (v. 2).

Also available on the Internet at: http://www.pc.gov.au/research/commres/meraap/index.html

Subjects Labor productivity - Australia.  |  Microeconomics - Australia.  |  Australia - Economic policy.
Other Authors Parham, Dean
Terms of Use Commonwealth of Australia 1999. 
Details Collect From
NL 338.50994 A938
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Main Reading Room (Australian Collection)
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NL 338.50994 A938
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Main Reading Room (Australian Collection)
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N 338.50994 A938
Copy: N pbk (v.1)
Main Reading Room (Australian Collection)
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N 338.50994 A938
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Main Reading Room (Australian Collection)
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