Associate Professor Cain Polidano

Associate Professor Cain Polidano

Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, Applied Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne

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Business & Economics

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How Indigenous business enterprise is rewriting Australian economics

Indigenous businesses employ 135,000 people and provide one in five jobs for Aboriginal workers – but is government procurement policy missing the mark?

Business & Economics

The power of the Indigenous business sector

Each year, Indigenous businesses bring in at least $A4.9 billion; now first-of-its-kind research reveals the extent of the economic power and diversity of Australian Indigenous businesses

Health & Medicine

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Under the Microscope

When economists have babies

Personal experience led Dr Cain Polidano to question the impact of C-sections on children’s cognitive development

Business & Economics

Outlook 2017: What we learned

The Economic and Social Outlook Conference 2017 featured some of Australia’s leading policy minds; our academics report on key sessions

Business & Economics

Academic underachievers make good after school

Research tells us those who do poorly at high school are not disadvantaged when it comes to getting a job later on