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Duygu Yengin, Associate Professor of Economics; President, Economic Society of Australia (SA); Deputy Chair, Women in Economics Network, University of Adelaide

Productivity is the buzzword of the week, but we’re not making the most of half the workforce

Productivity is the buzzword at this week’s economic reform roundtable in Canberra. It’s about how effectively we turn our time, skills and resources into goods and services. Who wouldn’t want to get more done with less?

As Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood said,

Productivity growth is the only way to sustainably lift wages and opportunities over time — important for all of us but especially for young people with their working life ahead of them.

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