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Youth Unemployment

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Election 2016: Youth unemployment

Election 2016: Youth unemployment

“Jobs and growth” has been the mantra of the Government’s re-election campaign, and as always, the economy has been the most important topic of debate in Election 2016. Australia is currently grappling with a serious youth unemployment problem, especially in rural and regional areas. Unemployment among 15-24 year olds

Unemployment v Fiscal Instability: Which is the greater threat?

Unemployment v Fiscal Instability: Which is the greater threat?

In the immediate aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008-09, the main concern for most policy makers was ensuring people were employed. The unemployment rate rose from as low as 4% to almost 6% quite rapidly. After both the government and the RBA took various stimulus measures, this panic

Lessons learnt from the EU crisis: looking forward

Lessons learnt from the EU crisis: looking forward

This article was featured as part of ESSA’s annual Equilibrium publication. The EU crisis has been painful for EU citizens and policy-makers alike. However, it’s not necessarily all bad news. With a long-term outlook, it is possible that the Eurozone could be stronger for the crisis. More specifically,

Editors' Picks - 10 August 2014

Editors' Picks - 10 August 2014

This week in Editor’s Picks, we discuss go back in time and take a look at the economics of Jane Austen, gain nifty tips on earning more from the things you own, take a look at the debate surrounding unemployment and Russia’s proposed ban of agricultural imports. The

2014 ESSA Q&A recap in tweets

ESSA’s flagship Q&A event once again took place at the architecturally brilliant Deakin Edge, Federation Square and featured some of Australia’s leading economic minds. The first topic for discussion was university fee deregulation, which Craig Emerson labelled “a budget measure dressed up as a reform”. And with

Youth unemployment in the EU

Hysteresis in the periphery Recently, financial markets around the world have undergone a sharp correction in response to fears of an eventual tapering in the Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Easing program. The reaction was spurred by Ben Bernake’s, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, comments to the press that QE