Professor Richard Blandy

Adjunct Professor of Economics, School of Management, Division of Business and Enterprise.

• Elementary and Intermediate Microeconomics
• Economic Development and Demography
• Labour Economics
• Economics of Education
• Future Studies
• Economics of Innovation

Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

1948-1957 St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia

1958-1961 University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia (First Class Honours Degree in Economics, 1961).

1966-1967 Columbia University, New York, New York, USA (MA Degree in Economics and Education, 1967).

1967-1969, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA (PhD in Economics and Education, 1969).

• Economic growth and industry policy
• Innovation studies
• Sustainable development
• Future studies
• Globalisation
• Labour economics
• Economics of education and training
• Demography and population studies
• Local and regional economics

BOOKS AND REPORTS:

Australia at the Cross Roads:Our Choices to the Year 2000, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Sydney, 1980, (co-author).

How Labour Markets Work, Longman Cheshire, Sydney, 1982 (co-editor and author or co-author of three papers: "Introduction", "The Executives" and "Conclusion").

Structured Chaos: The Process of Productivity Advance, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985 (co-author).

Data Processing in Australia: A Profile and Forward Perspective of Skills and Usage, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1986 (co-author).

Alternatives to Arbitration, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1986 (co-editor, and co-author of "Introduction" and "Industrial Relations System and Competitiveness").

Industry Assistance and the Labour Market: The New Zealand Experience, NILS and CEDA, Adelaide and Melbourne, 1987.

Reforming Tertiary Education in New Zealand, New Zealand Business Roundtable, Wellington, 1988.

The Fiji Economy: Opportunity from Adversity, Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney, 1988 (co-author).

Budgetary Stress: The South Australian Experience, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1989 (co-editor and author of five chapters).

Labour Productivity and Living Standards, (co-author) Allen and Unwin , Sydney, 1990.

Study of the Labour Market for Academics, (co-author) AGPS, December 1990.

Is the Stock of VET Skills Adequate?, NCVER Discussion Paper, National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide, 2000 (co-author).

Does Training Pay? Evidence from Australian Enterprises, NCVER Monograph, National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 2000 (co-author).

The Implications of South Australia’s History for its Future Development, South Australian Business Vision 2010, http://www.sabv2010.com.au, Papers and Reports, November 2000.

Clustering in South Australia, South Australian Business Vision 2010, http://www.sabv2010.com.au, Papers and Reports, June 2001.

A Triple Bottom Line for the Bush, South Australian Farmers’ Federation, Adelaide, 2004.

A Quantitative Assessment of the Southern Economy and the Effects of the Closures of the Mobil and Mitsubishi Plants at Lonsdale and Tonsley Park together with an Outline of a Strategic Response, Report to the Cities of Marion and Onkaparinga, August 2004.

Assisting Economic Activity in the City of Salisbury: A Quantitative Assessment of the Salisbury Economy, of Present and Future Skills Needs and of Job Localisation, together with an Outline of Options for Enhancing Future Growth, Report to the City of Salisbury, March 2006.

Promoting Faster Growth in Small Business and Employment in the City of Salisbury, Report to the City of Salisbury, August 2007.

Assisting Economic Activity in the City of Playford: A Quantitative Assessment of the Playford Economy, Report to the City of Playford, August 2007.

Principles to underpin the provision of resources infrastructure in South Australia, and a solution, Report to the Resources and Energy Sectors Infrastructure Council, Adelaide, February 2008 (with Connell Wagner).

A Quantitative Assessment of the Salisbury Economy, of Present and Future Skills Needs and of Job Localisation: 2008 Update, Report to the City of Salisbury, June 2008 (with Alison Davies and Paul Davies).

Assisting Economic Activity in the City of Playford: A Quantitative Assessment of the Playford Economy, Report to the City of Playford, August 2008.

Tourism in the City of Adelaide’s economy - now and in the future, Report to the City of Adelaide, October 2008 (with Alison Davies and Paul Davies).

The size, structure and growth of the City of Adelaide’s economy together with prospects and strategic options for the future, Report to the City of Adelaide, October 2008 (with Alison Davies and Paul Davies).

Assisting Economic Activity in the City of Prospect: A Quantitative Assessment of the Prospect Economy, Interim Report to the City of Prospect, October 2008 (with Alison Davies and Paul Davies).

A Quantitative Assessment of the Combined Economies of Playford and Salisbury, Report to the City of Playford, November 2008 (with Alison Davies and Paul Davies).

ARTICLES AND CONFERENCE PAPERS IN COLLECTIONS

"A Liberal Strategy for Reform of the Education and Training System in Australia", in Education, Training and Employment: Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Education and Training, Vol. 2, February,1979, pp.143-174.

"The Economics of Education in Australia, 1962-1975", in F. Gruen (ed.) for the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Surveys of Australian Economics, Vol. 2, George Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1979, pp.109-169 (co-author).

"The Political Economy of Incomes Policy" in K.J. Hancock, ed., Incomes Policy in Australia, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Sydney, 1981.

"Labour Market Adjustment", in R. Blandy and O. Covick (eds), Understanding Labour Markets, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1984 (co- author).

"Pacific Island Labour Markets" in C.D. Throsby (ed.), Human Resources Development in the Pacific, Pacific Policy Papers No.3, National Centre for Development Studies, ANU, Canberra, 1987

"Employment in Tomorrow's Rural Australia", in Rural Australia Symposium 1987, p. 3:1-15, "Labour Market Policies Towards 2000", in C. Ulyatt (ed.), The Good Fight: Essays in Honour of Austin Holmes, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1988

"In Search of Excellence and Efficiency in Australian Higher Education", in G. Hogbin (ed.) Withering Heights: The State of Higher Education in Australia, Allen and Unwin, Sydney 1988, (co-author).

"Economic Rationalism and Prosperity", in S. King and P. Lloyd (eds.), Economic Rationalism: Dead End or Way Forward?, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1993, pp.28-36.

"Does Training Pay? Evidence from Australian Enterprises", in A. Smith (ed.), Return on Investment in Training: Research Readings, NCVER Monograph, National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 2001 (co-author).

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS AND WORKING PAPERS

"Population and Employment Growth: Bachue-1", International Labour Review, May, 1973 (co-author). Another version of this paper has appeared in the Proceedings of the World Congress of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Liege, 1973.

"Private Returns to Education in South Australia", Institute of Labour Studies Working Paper Series, No. 3, June, 1973 (co-author). This paper has been published in Readings in the Economics and Politics of Australian Education, (Selby Smith and Harman (eds) and in Readings in Labour Economics, (Isaac, Ford and Niland [eds]).

"The Welfare Analysis of Fertility Reduction", Economic Journal, March, 1974.

"Migrant Workers in Australia: Industrial Cannon-Fodder?", Australian Bulletin of Labour, 3:2, April, 1977, pp.20-31 (co- author), reprinted in A. Graycar, (ed.).

"Educational Opportunity in South Australia", National Institute of Labour Studies Working Paper Series, 21, March, 1977 (co-author).

"Youth Unemployment", Australian Bulletin of Labour, 5:3, June, 1979, pp.19-30. This paper was delivered at the "Work for Tomorrow" Conference, Melbourne, December, 1978.

"Soft Science: On Thinking About Population", Population and Labour Policies Programme Working Paper No. 92, International Labour Office, Geneva, 1980.

"Labour Problems of the Minerals Boom", Economic Papers, No. 67, August, 1981.

"Does the Arbitration Commission Matter?", Economic Papers, No. 68, October, 1981.

"The Fate of the Class of '71", Australian Bulletin of Labour, 8:4, Supplement, September, 1982 (co-author).

"The Future of Australia's Industrial Relations System: A Summary and Comment", in Australian Industrial Relations: Future Perspectives, Australian Bulletin of Labour, Supplement No. 5, 1984.

"Labour Costs and the Future of the Accord", Australian Economic Review, 2:1985 (co-author).

"Soft Science", Economic Record, 61:175, December, 1985 (the Giblin Lecture).

"The Hancock Report - The Last Hurrah of the Past", Journal of Industrial Relations, 27:4, December, 1985.

"Learning to Ride the Third Wave", Australian Quarterly, 58:2,1986.

"Deregulating the Labour Market", Economic Papers, 5:3, September 1986.

"Another Voice", column for the Times on Sunday newspaper, Sydney, 35 issues, 1986-87.

"A Green Paper Mark Sheet", Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 10:1, May, 1988.

"Escape from the Banana Republic: Labour Market Reforms", National Institute of Labour Studies Working Paper Series, No. 98, June 1988 (co-author).

"Trade Liberalisation and the Labour Market", Economic Papers, 7:3, September, 1988, (co-author)

"Efficiency and Productivity in the Workplace - Where to Now?", Australian Bulletin of Labour, 15:1, December, 1988.

"The Industrial Relations Revolution", National Institute of Labour Studies Working Paper Series, No.105, May 1989.

"The Industrial Relations Revolution", Labour Economics and Productivity, 1:2, September 1989.

"Multiple Schizophrenia: Economic Rationalism and its Critics: A Review Article", Australian Quarterly, 64:1, Autumn 1992, pp. 101-106.

“What Australian Economics Professors Think”, Australian Economic Review, 4’1992, pp. 17-40 (co-author).

“Learning to Ride the Third Wave”, Australian Economic Review, 1’1993, pp.3-8.

"Academic Economics on Trial: The Value of Economists' Opinions", Australian Quarterly, 65:1, Autumn 1993, pp.482-497 (co-author).

"Academic Economic Opinion in East Asia", Australian Economic Review, 3'93, pp.5-19 (co-author).

"Culture and Jobs", Quadrant, XXXVIII: 4, No 305, April 1994, pp.28-32.

“Executive Summary and Synthesis”, in OECD and Hawke Centre, Regional Integration in the Asia Pacific: Issues and Prospects, OECD, Paris, 2005, pp. 9-24.

“Globalisation and China”, in C. Tisdell (ed.), Globalisation and World Economic Policies, Serials Publications, New Delhi, 2005, pp. 341-354 (co-author).

“Australian labour market reform--what needs to be done?”, Australian Bulletin of Labour, 32:1, March, 2006.

“South Australia’s Regional Innovation System: Findings from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2003 Business Innovation Survey”, in Ralph Shlomowitz (ed.), Flinders essays in economics and economic history: a tribute to Keith Hancock, Metodey Polasek and Robert Wallace, Wakefield Press, 2008, pp. 25-38.

Bi-monthly contributed articles, In Business South Australia, July 2001 – present. Articles in past three years: “Blandy on IR reform”, No. 26, 2005/06; “Electronics in SA”, No. 27, 2006; “Not quite up to speed”, No. 28, 2006; “SA’s economic evolution”, No. 29, 2006; “The trouble with people”, No. 30, 2006; “The dirt on resources”, No. 31, 2006; “The climate change debate”, No. 33, 2007; “Small business”, No. 34, 2007; “Prepare to prosper”, No. 35, 2007; “Skills crunch”, No. 38, 2007/08; “Small business boom – micro maturity”, No. 39, 2008; “Innovation in Adelaide”, No. 40, 2008 (with Graciela Corral); “Enterprising North builds jobs – for whom?”, No. 42, 2008; “SA economic outlook”, No. 43, 2008; “Adelaide’s economic future”, No. 44, 2008/09; “Economic survival in the Bush – the example of Wudinna”, No. 45, 2009.

“Schumpeter was right: business innovation depends more on entrepreneurship than on R&D – evidence from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2003 Innovation Survey”, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship International Conference, University of Adelaide, February 2009 (double blind reviewed paper accepted for publication in the Conference Proceedings).

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Economics

• Economic growth and industry policy
• Globalisation
• Productivity and living standards
• Employment issues
• Education and training
• Population issues