The Effect of the Mining Boom on the Australian Economy

Reserve Bank of Australia Research Discussion Paper No. 2014-08

52 Pages Posted: 10 Dec 2015

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Peter M Downes

Reserve Bank of Australia

Kevin Hanslow

Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Productivity Commission

Peter Tulip

Reserve Bank of Australia

Date Written: August 22, 2014

Abstract

This paper estimates the effects of the mining boom in Australia, using a large-scale structural macroeconometric model, AUS-M. We estimate that the mining boom boosted real per capita household disposable income by 13 per cent by 2013. The boom has contributed to a large appreciation of the Australian dollar that has weighed on other industries exposed to trade, such as manufacturing and agriculture. However, because manufacturing benefits from higher demand for inputs to mining, the deindustrialisation that sometimes accompanies resource booms – the so-called ‘Dutch disease’ – has not been strong.

Keywords: mining boom, Dutch disease, macroeconomic modelling

JEL Classification: E17, Q33

Suggested Citation

Downes, Peter M and Hanslow, Kevin and Tulip, Peter, The Effect of the Mining Boom on the Australian Economy (August 22, 2014). Reserve Bank of Australia Research Discussion Paper No. 2014-08, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2701080 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2701080

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