Our research
View our published research work on a number of topics including sustainability, health, housing, technology, regulation, early childhood and more.
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Supporting volunteer plasma donation in NSW
October 2025
The NSW Productivity and Equality Commission conducted a a market study of the supply and demand for plasma in Australia.
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Smarter regulation through experiments
May 2025
Building on the success of the NSW Government’s COVID-19 regulatory relaxations, our paper serves as a simple, accessible resource for regulators seeking to experiment to drive best-practice regulation.
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Achieving net zero research series
March 2025, November 2024
The Achieving net zero series is a three-part initiative by the NSW Productivity and Equality Commission to guide policymakers, businesses, and households in progressively decarbonising the state’s economy.
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Better occupational entry regulations: Policy implications of new research
September 2024
This research estimates the stringency of Australian Occupational entry regulations (OER) across a range of occupations and investigates a range of economic costs that come with regulating occupational entry.
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eConveyancing market study
June 2024
The NSW Productivity and Equality Commission conducted a market study which examined the effectiveness of competition in the eConveyancing market.
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Boosting the NSW influenza vaccination rate - June 2024
June 2024
Our paper illustrates the potential health and economic benefits of vaccinating enough young and healthy people against the flu to reach ‘herd immunity’ in NSW.
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What we gain by building more homes in the right places
February 2024
This paper is part of a NSW Productivity and Equality Commission's series on how to make housing more affordable and make the best use of Sydney’s infrastructure.
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Boosting the NSW influenza vaccination rate
October 2023
Current influenza vaccination strategies focus on vaccinating vulnerable people. This strategy is important but more can be done to protect those groups who are most at risk.
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Building more homes where infrastructure costs less
August 2023
This paper explores, for the first time, the infrastructure-related costs of increasing the density of different parts of Sydney.
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Childcare choices: What parents want
July 2023
The Commission surveyed a representative sample of more than 2,000 parents and carers in NSW to find out what policy options they value most.
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Building more homes where people want to live
May 2023
This paper is part of a NSW Productivity and Equality Commission series that considers how to make housing more affordable and make best use of Sydney’s infrastructure.
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The economic impacts of longer postgraduate initial teacher education
January 2023
The report delivers on the NSW Productivity Commission 2021 White Paper recommendation to complete a cost-benefit analysis of the initial teacher education (ITE) two-year master’s requirement.
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Evaluation of NSW-specific early childcare regulations
December 2022
This paper evaluates the costs and benefits of the early childcare regulations which are specific to NSW.
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Adaptive NSW: how embracing tech could recharge our prosperity
November 2022
This paper explores how emerging technologies could enhance productivity and improve economic growth in NSW.
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Lessons from COVID-19 regulatory reform
July 2022
The paper presents key findings and lessons learned from the COVID-19 regulatory experimentation and evaluation process that were used to support businesses and communities.
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Early childcare costs and labour force participation
June 2022
The paper assesses the relationship between early childcare costs and labour force participation of primary carers.
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Regulating emerging technologies
November 2021
The report focuses on three emerging technologies—personal mobility devices, e-bikes, and drones—which have the potential to transform the movement of people and goods.
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NSW remote working insights 2
November 2021
The report estimates that when health restrictions eased in early 2021, 30% of all work tasks in the NSW economy continued to be done remotely.
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Regulating for NSW's future
July 2020
Regulating for NSW’s Future identifies regulatory reform opportunities for NSW by drawing on data and insights from Deloitte’s artificial intelligence and data analytics tool.
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