Professor Jeff Borland AO FASSA
Professor Jeff Borland AO FASSA
BA (hons) (Melbourne), PhD (Econ) (Yale)
Economics
2002
Profile
Jeff Borland is Truby Williams Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne.
Jeff’s main research interests are analysis of labour markets in Australia; program and policy evaluation and design; and Australian economic history. His teaching has ranged over microeconomics, labour economics, Australian and world economic history, analysis of economic policy and sports economics.
Appointments
• Commonwealth Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee; current.
• Expert Advisory Panel on employment services established by the Commonwealth Department of Jobs and Small Business; 2018.
• National Mental Health Workforce Strategy Taskforce established by the Commonwealth Department of Health; 2020-21.
• Managing Editor of the Economic Record; 1999-2002.
Awards
• Distinguished Fellow award from the Economic Society of Australia, 2020.
• Inaugural winner of the Faculty of Business and Economics at University of Melbourne Ross Williams Award for Career Achievement in Teaching, 2015.
• Carrick Foundation Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, 2007.
Selected Publications
Borland, J. (2020), Microeconomics: Case Studies and Applications (Fourth edition; Cengage, Melbourne).
My Labour Market Snapshot series – Access here.
Borland, J. (2014), ‘Microeconomic reform’, pages 419-37 in G. Withers and S. Ville (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Australian Economic History (Melbourne, Cambridge University Press).
Borland, J. and A. Charlton (2020), ‘The Australian labour market and the early impact of COVID-19: An assessment’, Australian Economic Review, 53(3), 297-324.
Borland, J. (2014), ‘Dealing with unemployment: What should be the role of labour market programs?’, Evidence Base, Issue 4.
Tseng, Y., Jordan, B., Borland, J., Clark, M., Coombs, N., Cotter, K., Guillou, M., Hill, A., A. Kennedy and J. Sheehan (2022), Changing the Life Trajectories of Australia’s Most Vulnerable Children – Report no.5: 36 months in the Early Years Education Program: An assessment of the impact on children and their primary caregivers. Access here.
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