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ACE2020 - Wealth & Wellbeing
ACE2020, which will be focusing on "100 years of Welfare Economics", will be hosted by ESA's Western Australia branch. Keep an eye on our website for more information as it comes in and in the meantime Hold the Date of 8-10 July 2020.
Awards 2019
There were a number of prestigious awards bestowed upon worthy economists at the recently held ACE2019 in Melbourne
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Motherhood, caring and the careers of Australian women - April 2019
Poll 37
Proposition 1: "Without changes to existing public policy or private sector practice in Australia, motherhood will always negatively affect a woman's career."
Proposition 2: "In Australia, fathers are more restricted than mothers in fulfilling a caring role while in employment."
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ACE2019
Hosted by the Victoria branch of ESA, ACE2019 was held from 14-16 July at the Pullman Melbourne on the Park. Presentations will be posted progressively.
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Queens Birthday Honours 2018
The following economists were recognised in the Queens Birthday Honours. Congratulations to Professor John W FREEBAIRN AO; Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Colin HARCOURT AC and Emeritus Professor Margaret Jennifer NOWAK AM. Professors Freebairn and Nowak are also NEP panellists - keep reading to see their contributions.
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2019 Australian Labour Market Research Workshop
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Monday Dec 9, 2019, 12:00 am
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre is hosting the 2019 Australian Labour Market Research Workshop at 137 St George’s Terrace Perth from Monday 9 to Tuesday 10 December 2019. The workshop is hosted in collaboration with the Centre for Labour Market research, and further details can be found in the Keynote Speaker announcement email below, and the program can be found here.
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Half Yearly Budget Review 2019-20
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Thursday Dec 12, 2019, 7:15 am
Australian Business Economists (ABE) are pleased to present a briefing and discussion at breakfast with The Hon Dominic Perrottet MP, Treasurer New South Wales.
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Policy in the Pub: Brexit, Trade, and the WTO
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Dec 12, 2019, 5:30 pm
The Economic Society in collaboration with the ESA Young Professionals is delighted to present this special Policy in the Pub session with Dmitry Grozoubinski – founder of Explain Trade and former Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and WTO negotiator.
(Note: the date is a Thursday rather than the usual Wednesday.)
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Let’s Talk Rubbish – a discussion about the things which some of us may consider of no value but which can find a new life given the right incentives.
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Dec 18, 2019, 5:30 pm
Come along to our WEN end of year event and hear two fantastic speakers discuss their approach to dealing with the issue of unwanted goods and waste.
View ...Celebrating the awards of Distinguished Fellow for Kym Anderson and Distinguished Pubic Policy Fellow for Sue Richardson
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Dec 20, 2019, 5:30 pm
The Economic Society of Australia (ESA) invites you to celebrate the achievements of two amazing South Australians – Professor Sue Richardson AM and Professor Kym Anderson AC – who have recently been recognised by the Economic Society. In the 2019 ESA annual awards, Kym has been made a Distinguished Fellow and Sue has been made a Distinguished Pubic Policy Fellow.
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Course on Household Economics, Domestic Violence, and the Law by Professor Shoshana Grossbard
Date: Monday Feb 3, 2020, 8:30 am
The Australian Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW 2020) Organising Committee is delighted to inform you that Professor Shoshana Grossbard will offer a Course on Household Economics, Domestic Violence, and the Law in conjunction with AGEW 2020.
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Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2020
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Wednesday Feb 5, 2020, 9:00 am
The next Australian Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW2020) will be hosted by the Women in Economics Network (WEN) in partnership with QUT, in Brisbane, Australia, on 5-7 February 2020. STUDENTS – REMEMBER TO COLLECT YOUR PROMO CODE TO AVOID PAYING THE FULL PRICE
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CBA Forum
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Apr 24, 2020, 12:00 am
ESA NSW is pleased to announce that in 2020 we will be reintroducing the popular CBA forum. Save the date of 24th of April - numbers will be limited to 120.
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IEA World Congress, Bali Indonesia
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Friday Jul 3, 2020, 12:00 am
You are invited to submit a paper to the contributed sessions of this triennial congress, jointly organized with the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia, that will be held in Bali, Indonesia from July 3 to July 7, 2020.
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Australian Statistical Society and NZ Statistical Association Conference - ANZSC 2020
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Monday Jul 6, 2020, 12:00 am
This conference brings together four leading statistical communities in the region – the Statistical Society of Australia, the New Zealand Statistical Association, the International Institute of Business Analysis (Special Interest Group for Business Analytics), and the Australian Conference on Teaching Statistics.
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Welcome to the National website of the Economic Society of Australia (The Society). The Society is primarily concerned with promoting discussion and debate of economic issues within Australia.
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