ECONOMICS DEGREES AND THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: A NOTE*

In: Australian journal of public administration, Band 40, Heft 3, S. 246-253

Abstract

At present the Australian Public Service employs about 14,000 university graduates, one quarter of whom have majored in economics, usually in an economics, commerce, arts (economics) or science (economics) degree. As can be seen from Table 1, this proportion of economics degrees to total degrees has remained fairly constant over the last decade. It is a reflection of the great emphasis placed on the recruitment of graduates in economics to the APS since the war, and especially since 1960.