Dean Parham is an expert on Australia’s productivity
performance, long associated with Australia’s Productivity Commission. From
1997, Dean developed and led the Commission’s flagship program of productivity
research to monitor and explain productivity trends and to assess what they
meant for growth in the living standards of Australians. This work has brought
together theory, empirics and understanding of the measurement of productivity.
The research program involved collaboration with statistical agencies, other government
departments, international organisations, academics and research groups. The
research has been published in numerous Commission papers, journal articles and
conference papers and has been widely cited in policy discussions. Dean left the Productivity Commission in 2008. Since then, he has continued to investigate productivity trends and to teach others about the intricacies of analysing productivity from a public policy perspective. The research has been in association with a number of government, academic and private-sector agencies. He has given productivity classes and workshops at the Australian National University, government agencies and the Asian Productivity Organisation. Dean has over 40 years of experience in undertaking and leading high-quality applied economic research, broadly on the theme of exploring the microeconomic foundations of better economic performance. He graduated with an honours degree in economics from the University of Adelaide. He commenced with the Industries Assistance Commission, Canberra, in 1975. He has also worked at the IMPACT Project, Melbourne, the OECD, Paris, and the Industry Commission, Canberra. Positions Current positions:
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