Productivity and Regional Economic Performance in Australia

Productivity and Regional Economic Performance in Australia contains seven research articles that explore the productivity performance of Queensland and other Australian States. Queensland has experienced a long period of economic growth well above the Australian average. It has long been realised that much of this has been due to a strong net inflow of migrants. It is also well known that Queenslanders are comparatively young and active – our migrants tend to be of working age with families, and on average more of our working age population seek to work. But Queenslanders also work smart and hard – as papers in this book indicate, much of our growth has also been due to strong productivity growth.