The public service has a much smaller gender pay gap than the private sector. It’s a big achievement
By: Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra After two years of publishing the gender pay gaps of Australia’s private-sector companies, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released public-sector employer data for the first time. The report shows a stark contrast between the private and public sectors. The Commonwealth public sector has a […]
Goodwill created a new high school for dropouts − it led to better jobs and higher wages
By: Patrick Turner, Associate Research Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame When Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana realized most of the clients in its job-training program lacked a high school diploma, it set out to address the issue. In 2010, with the help of per-pupil funding from the state, the nonprofit opened The Excel […]