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Leonora Risse
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#Economist #GenderEquality #Marathoner | Research Fellow @WLIAus @wapppHKS @Harvard | National Chair @WomenEconAU | PhD Economics UQ | Senior Lecturer @RMIT
Aug 20, 2022 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
This picture of Australia's #gendergap in earnings shows that progress in closing the gender gap has been plateauing since 2018

Women's average full-time weekly pay is $264 less than men's, equivalent to a 14.1% gap

This adds up to a gap of $13,723 over a year

#genderpaygap Industries with the widest #gendergap in earnings in the Australian workforce

👩‍💻Professional services 25.3%
👩🏽‍⚕️Healthcare & Social assistance 22.2%
💵Financial services 19%
👷🏽‍♀️Construction 18.8%
🏘Real estate 17.4%
🚜Mining 16%

#genderpaygap #genderequality #womenintheworkforce
May 23, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
The rise of the teal female independents in #AusVotes2022 provides a striking case study into the power of "disruptive innovation"
(a concept defined by the esteemed Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen) 2/
 Disruptive innovation is sparked when a small but growing segment of the market is ignored and neglected by existing businesses, deemed “not important" or "not lucrative" enough to bother catering to or investing in.
Mar 26, 2022 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
What do economists want to see in #Budget2022?

We need investment in the economy's "real" productive capacity.

That means R&D, investment in the health & care workforce, housing, digital connectivity, dismantling barriers to women's economic inclusion

#ausecon #auspol … This requires a #Budget2022 with long-term vision and policy innovation, not just short-term cost relief.

Current inflationary pressures mean that splashing cash could actually make things worse, unless we also focus on the "supply side" of the economy.
Jan 23, 2022 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Australia's latest labour force numbers paint a glowing picture, with employment and hours worked at record highs

But this doesn't give the full picture of workforce realities

Looking closer, it's Healthcare & Social Assistance fuelling this job growth

#ausecon #economy #jobs This is unsurprising, given we're in a pandemic.

But it's worrying, because we know workers in this industry are being pushed to the brink.

Soaring growth in Healthcare & Social Assistance jobs includes almost 12,000 more workers who are now clocking up 50+ hours weekly