Jeff Borland

Jeff Borland is an Australian academic and labour economist. He is currently the Truby Williams Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne.^[1] He received the 2020 Distinguished Fellow Award from the Economic Society of Australia.^[1]

He regularly appears in the Australian media on the topic of economics and public policy,^[2][3][4] and has published research papers on the Australian labour market, among others.

Education

Borland completed a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts at the University of Melbourne, and a PhD in economics from Yale University.^[1]

He was previously a visiting professor at Harvard University^[5] as well as Head of the Department of Economics and Deputy Dean of the business faculty at University of Melbourne.^[5]

Publications

• Borland, J. (2022). Technically unemployment now begins with a '3'. How to keep it there?^[6]
• Alexander, O., Borland, J., Charlton, A. & Singh, A. (2022). The Labour Market for Uber Drivers in Australia. AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, pp. 18-, 10.1111/1467-8462.12454^[7]
• Borland, J. (2021). Labor in the Age of Finance: Pensions, Politics, and Corporations from Deindustrialization to Dodd-Frank. ECONOMIC RECORD, 97(319), pp. 565–567, 10.1111/1475-4932.12645^[8]

References

1. "Prof Jeff Borland". University of Melbourne - Find an Expert.
2. "We fact checked Anthony Albanese on the size of the debt and deficit. Here's what we found". ABC News. 2022-05-01.
3. "Factcheck: did the Coalition create 1.9 million jobs? Will it create 1.3 million more?". the Guardian. 2022-04-12.
4. Yun, Jessica (2022-01-07). "Omicron a 'clear risk' to pay rises in 2022, say leading economists". The Sydney Morning Herald.
5. "Jeff Borland". The Economic Society of Australia.
6. Borland, Jeffrey (2022). "Technically unemployment now begins with a '3'. How to keep it there?". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
7. Alexander, Oliver; Borland, Jeff; Charlton, Andrew; Singh, Amit (2022-02-07). "The Labour Market for Uber Drivers in Australia". Australian Economic Review. 55 (2): 1467–8462.12454. doi:10.1111/1467-8462.12454. ISSN 0004-9018. S2CID 246655652.
8. Borland, Jeff (2021). "Labor in the Age of Finance: Pensions, Politics, and Corporations from Deindustrialization to Dodd‐Frank". Economic Record. 97 (319): 565–567. doi:10.1111/1475-4932.12645. ISSN 0013-0249. S2CID 244898975.