Jeff Borland Explained

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.

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.

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.

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. Web site: Prof Jeff Borland . University of Melbourne - Find an Expert.
2. News: 2022-05-01 . We fact checked Anthony Albanese on the size of the debt and deficit. Here's what we found . en-AU . ABC News .
3. Web site: 2022-04-12 . Factcheck: did the Coalition create 1.9 million jobs? Will it create 1.3 million more? . the Guardian . en.
4. Web site: Yun . Jessica . 2022-01-07 . Omicron a 'clear risk' to pay rises in 2022, say leading economists . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
5. Web site: Jeff Borland . The Economic Society of Australia.
6. Borland . Jeffrey . 2022 . Technically unemployment now begins with a '3'. How to keep it there? . en.
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 . en . 1467–8462.12454 . 10.1111/1467-8462.12454 . 246655652 . 0004-9018.
8. Borland . Jeff . 2021 . Labor in the Age of Finance: Pensions, Politics, and Corporations from Deindustrialization to Dodd‐Frank . Economic Record . en . 97 . 319 . 565–567 . 10.1111/1475-4932.12645 . 244898975 . 0013-0249.