Skill and Australia’s Productivity Surge examines the changing demand for skills and the effect of increased skill on productivity growth. It finds that Australia’s productivity surge post 1993-94 was mainly due to factors other than the increase in the skill of the workforce.skill - productivity - labour - MFP - employment

Paula Barnes

Sharon Kennard

English

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Skill and Australia's productivity surge

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