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November 7, 2023

Only 1.5% of students swapped fields due to the ‘Job‑ready Graduates’ fee changes

Jan Kabatek, The University of Melbourne and Michael Coelli, The University of Melbourne

Australian university applicants are sticking to their preferred fields of study, despite dramatic changes to student fees in 2021.

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October 13, 2022

Australian women are more educated than men, but gender divides remain at work

Michael Coelli, The University of Melbourne

The good news? Jobs are now less likely to be segregated by gender. Yet even now, some professions remain 99% male and 97% female.

Most of the headlines derive from a single study. Over the past six years its predictions have been anything but accurate. Collage

October 30, 2019

Behind those headlines. Why not to rely on claims robots threaten half our jobs

Michael Coelli, The University of Melbourne and Jeff Borland, The University of Melbourne

Automation does threaten jobs, but the most widely cited study exaggerates the effect and pointed to job losses in places where they didn’t happen.

Western Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan on the campaign trail. AAP Image/Rebecca Le May

March 9, 2017

FactCheck: does Western Australia have the highest unemployment in the country?

Rebecca Cassells, Curtin University

In the lead up to the state election, Western Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan said WA has the highest unemployment rate in Australia. Is that correct?

Education is a central economic pillar, but of greater importance is its contribution to our society. Flickr/Bb Inthavong

April 28, 2015

Australia’s ‘five pillar economy’: education

Michael Coelli, The University of Melbourne

Education is a central pillar of our economy. Not only does the education sector employ nearly 8% of Australian workers, it is our fourth largest export earner.

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