Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC)

'Dare to Venture: Startups and the Innovation Ecosystem in Western Australia,' our brand new report, is now LIVE! Read 👉 https://lnkd.in/gp6TwExa We dig into the current state of the startup and innovation ecosystem in WA, offering evidence-based insights to shape future policies for a stronger entrepreneurial environment. 💡 A few key findings: - ️While WA's strengths lie in mining, energy and resources, WA should look to grow emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and data analytics - Improvements are required in talent development, gender diversity, capital and infrastructure access - Boosting innovation in WA can create up to 350 new businesses and generate 3500 skilled jobs Read the new report now 👉 https://lnkd.in/gp6TwExa Report authors: Alex Buckland, Abebe Hailemariam, Daniel Kiely, Angelica Munoz, Panos Sotirakopoulos

Celebrating the accomplishments of our team members! Mansi Jain, our research assistant at BCEC, recently graduated from the University of Western Australia with a double major in Economics and Business Analytics. Kudos to you, Mansi! We're fortunate to have your talent onboard with us! 🎓👏

Have you registered yet for the Australian Labour Market Workshop 2025 in Canberra on 3-4 February 2025? Join the conversation around productivity, full employment, education and much more. This is the place for economists and industry professionals to engage and tackle labour policy and market issues. Don't miss out on this opportunity for dialogue and knowledge sharing - register now: https://bit.ly/AMLRW2025 Jobs and Skills Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) generously support the workshop.

That's a wrap for our 2024 BCEC researchers in the wild series! We were excited to have our very own Research Fellow, Dr Panos Sotirakopoulos, present an as-yet-unreleased paper at the prestigious Econometric Society Australasia Meeting at Monash University. The thought-provoking research, co-authored with Rigissa Megalokonomou and Sofoklis Goulas, shines a light on the perceived impact of top female performers as role models versus their male counterparts, according to teachers. You won't want to miss this when it gets published soon in a top-tier journal. Keep your eyes peeled for the link once it goes live!

We're revisiting our most popular posts on LinkedIn for 2024, and the launch of our report Employment and Disability in Australia: Improving employment outcomes for people with disability in Australia, was another top hit! Our research found: - Increasing employment of people with disability by 10% could add $16 billion to economic output each year - 53.1% of people with a work-limiting disability were in a job in 2022, compared to 81.8% of people without disability or long-term health condition - People with disability have been consistently 25-30ppt less likely to be employed than those without disability over the past two decades. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gGHnTpRq Authors: Alex Buckland, @Mike Dockery, Alan Duncan, Valentina Sánchez Arenas, Panos Sotirakopoulos, Chris Twomey, Lili Loan Vu ID Report cover with a grey brushed metal background, and a composite image of two women working in a supermarket; a woman in a wheelchair wearing in a blue cap and safety glasses, using a drop saw; a young man with down syndrome wearing a white and black striped shirt and navy and white checked apron using a cafe till; a woman with grey hair and wearing a grey checked pantsuit in a wheelchair, presenting to employees. Text says ' Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre - Employment and disability in Australia: Improving employment outcomes for people with disability. Authors: Alex Buckland, Mike Dockery, Alan Duncan, Valentina Sanchez Arenas, Panagiotis Sotirakopoulos, Chris Twomey, Lili Loan Vu. Focus on the States Series, No. 10/24, March 2024.

Sending warm waves of gratitude to the Curtin University Media team! We've had a great year alongside this awesome crew, collaborating with them on everything from media releases to training sessions. They help us fine-tune our key messages and connect with new audiences but rarely get the spotlight for their efforts. So, here’s a big thank you to the Curtin Media team for their efforts in 2024. We can't wait to create more captivating stories and make newsworthy headlines with you in 2025! 👏👏👏

When you've clocked out for the year and let AI take the reigns!* ** After a busy year, the BCEC team is on break! Our offices close on Monday 23 December 2024, and reopen on Monday 6 January 2025. We hope your break involves beaches and puppies (and a pterodactyl, too, if that's your thing)! Thank you for engaging with us this year, we love all the feedback about people reading, using and sharing our reports (that's why we do them). We look forward to sharing another exciting research program with you in 2025! *Our team can confirm that this was, in fact, collaborative work with AI—dinosaur puppies do not create themselves without prompting. **Consider this our Christmas gift -- a spotto of AI gone rogue. We'll start you off: image three has a puppy with one head and two bodies.

Curious about the future of WA's economy? Dive into Dr Abebe Hailemariam's latest piece for Business News on how to safeguard WA's financial outlook. Don't miss out! 👉 https://bit.ly/4gnMyBe

What a year -- and we couldn't have done it without our stellar academic and professional team members! A HUGE THANK YOU to every person who plays their part in the BCEC team. They're usually busy working on reports, articles, events, and more, and don't often highlight their achievements, so we're taking this opportunity to do it for them! We couldn't achieve everything that we have -- from the hundreds of people engaged every year to the thousands of reports downloaded -- without the strength of our team members, so thank you!

We want to hear from you! As a valued member of the BCEC community, we would love to get your feedback. Which BCEC research did you find most valuable in 2024? Do you have any topics you want us to focus on in 2025 or suggestions for improvement? We have a short end-of-year survey in which you can share your thoughts, and help shape our research journey in 2025! Take the survey now 👉 https://bit.ly/BCECEOY2024