Why depression can be contagious, with lasting effects into adulthood Girls exposed to negative influences in their teenage peer group experience 'contagious' depression that continues into adulthood, ground-breaking research reveals. Yves Zenou Department of Economics Post-communist countries: a new ‘business as usual’? Following the end of the former Soviet Union, communist countries were forced to open their economies. Some 30 years along, how have they fared? Gennadi Kazakevitch Department of Economics The way students size up their chances at high school influences their future studies Students’ beliefs about whether they will complete high school predict whether they go on to further education. Johannes Kunz How to boost Australian jobs: construction and manufacturing With three possible scenarios for the Australian economy, only one will get us out of recession faster – boost jobs in construction and manufacturing. Heather Anderson Giovanni Caggiano Farshid Vahid-Araghi Benjamin Wong Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics Can friendship networks help pinpoint those most in need? When it comes to handing out aid, friendship networks can provide a way of determining who are the neediest in the community. Matthew Olckers Department of Economics As they were driven from their homes, these refugees clung to one thing A unique study of economic history reveals those forcefully uprooted go on to invest in assets they can take with them – such as education. Sascha Becker Department of Economics The economics of energy policy (it’s complicated) Australia needs to reduce its carbon emissions. But that's about the only thing we agree upon, it seems. With Dr Gordon Leslie. Gordon Leslie Department of Economics Caught between two powers, where does Australia’s future lie? The escalating trade dispute between China and the United States has Australia caught between its key trading partner and its key security partner. Should we be taking sides? And can our economy dodge the global fallout? With Dr Giovanni Di Lieto. Why wages are higher and other tales of the city: with Professor Tony Venables “An absolutely charismatic figure for graduate students like me.” How a Nobel prize winner helped Oxford Professor Tony Venables pioneer the study of cities and spatial economics. Richard Hall Senior Leadership team Prev 1 2
