Why Australia won’t run-out of workers

Friday 2 September 2016

We are often told that Australia needs to run high levels of “skilled” migration in order to alleviate so-called skills shortages and to mitigate an ageing population.

This view has been debunked many times on this blog.

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.