Jeff Borland

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Jeff Borland is an Australian academic and labour economist. He is currently the Truby Williams Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne. [1] He received the 2020 Distinguished Fellow Award from the Economic Society of Australia. [1]

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He regularly appears in the Australian media on the topic of economics and public policy, [2] [3] [4] and has published research papers on the Australian labour market, among others.

Education

Borland completed a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts at the University of Melbourne, and a PhD in economics from Yale University. [1]

He was previously a visiting professor at Harvard University [5] as well as Head of the Department of Economics and Deputy Dean of the business faculty at University of Melbourne. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Prof Jeff Borland". University of Melbourne - Find an Expert.
  2. "We fact checked Anthony Albanese on the size of the debt and deficit. Here's what we found". ABC News. 2022-05-01.
  3. "Factcheck: did the Coalition create 1.9 million jobs? Will it create 1.3 million more?". the Guardian. 2022-04-12.
  4. Yun, Jessica (2022-01-07). "Omicron a 'clear risk' to pay rises in 2022, say leading economists". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. 1 2 "Jeff Borland". The Economic Society of Australia.
  6. Borland, Jeffrey (2022). "Technically unemployment now begins with a '3'. How to keep it there?".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Alexander, Oliver; Borland, Jeff; Charlton, Andrew; Singh, Amit (2022-02-07). "The Labour Market for Uber Drivers in Australia". Australian Economic Review. 55 (2): 1467–8462.12454. doi:10.1111/1467-8462.12454. ISSN   0004-9018. S2CID   246655652.
  8. Borland, Jeff (2021). "Labor in the Age of Finance: Pensions, Politics, and Corporations from Deindustrialization to Dodd‐Frank". Economic Record. 97 (319): 565–567. doi:10.1111/1475-4932.12645. ISSN   0013-0249. S2CID   244898975.