Professor A. Abigail Payne
Ronald Henderson Professor and Director, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne
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Business & Economics
Using evidence to design Australia’s economic policy
The new Federal Government has no shortage of challenges, but how can we develop evidence-based policies that help to bring the whole community forward?
Business & Economics
Ensuring families aren’t left behind in the recovery
The COVID-19 economic shock has seen widespread financial stress among families with young children and now is the time to tackle it
Business & Economics
Good policy vs poor politics at Outlook 2018
The 2018 Economic and Social Outlook Conference highlighted widespread concern that politics was failing to deliver the policies the country needs
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
Lack of women in economics ‘bad for business’
Although some of Australia’s finest economic minds are women, they remain under-represented in the discipline’s highest ranks
Politics & Society
Podcast
Have you been nudged today?
New insights into human behaviour are bringing about a public policy revolution