This article addresses two research questions, firstly to test the hypothesis that organisational and technological changes are more likely to occur in the traded goods sector, in the private sector relative to the public sector and in more competitive product markets. Secondly, to examine...

This paper invelves an examination of the labour supply effects of a stylised version of a 'Basic Income Flat Tax' (BI/FT) compared with a Means Tested Graduated Tax System (MT/GT). A highly simplified simulation model id developed in which individuals are homogeneous except for the wage they...

In October 1998, I was one of five economists who wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, suggesting a suite of policies that could help to substantially reduce the unemployment rate to around 5 per cent. The other four were John Freebairn, Ross Garnaut, Michael Keating and Chris Richardson. This...