This research note quantifies the effect of stamp duty on the number of housing purchases in Australia and people moving homes.

This note presents five new facts based on a new, high-quality firm-side survey to help policy-makers better understand the prevalence, use and economic consequences of non-competes and other post-employment constraints in the Australian economy.

Real wages have declined over the past 4 years in Australia, with inflation outpacing wages growth. This research note shows that reforms to address unnecessary and artificial barriers to mobility in labour and housing markets may be one of the best ways to get wages moving for Australian workers.

Stamp duty penalises homeowners that move. This note – the first in a two part series – illustrates its costs on people using data from the 2023 McKinnon Poll 'Understanding attitudes towards housing in Australia'.

Teachers play a key role during the pivotal early stages of a child’s life. But do all Australian children have the same access to such teachers? In this paper, the authors shed new light on this question by examining the prior academic achievement (ATAR) of secondary school teachers in New South Wales.