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Is education or immigration the answer to our skills shortage? We asked 50 economists

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Is education or immigration the answer to our skills shortage? We asked 50 economistsWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here.


Investing in Australians’ education is far more important than immigration in resolving the nation’s skills shortages, according to leading economists surveyed...

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