Alfred Michael Dockery

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The subjective wellbeing of Indigenous Australians

Using data on self-assessed quality of life available from the expanded Indigenous sample of the 2001 National Health Survey this paper compares the subjective wellbeing of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

Housing and children's development and wellbeing

This scoping study reviewed existing literature on the connections between housing and childhood development and wellbeing it investigates the value and feasibility of conducting empirical research in the Australian context

Education and happiness in the school-to-work transition

Education is generally seen as enhancing people's lives

Cultural dimensions of Indigenous participation in education and training

This study provides an important innovation to the existing literature by explicitly attempting to measure 'cultural attachment' and its relationship with post-compulsory education and training

Interview with Michael Dockery on 'Cultural dimensions of Indigenous participation in education and training'

In this interview, Steve Davis talks with researcher Michael Dockery about his report that explicitly attempts to measure 'cultural attachment' and its relationship with post-compulsory education and training

Culture and wellbeing: the case of Indigenous Australians

Indigenous culture should be viewed as a potential part of the solution to Indigenous disadvantage in Australia, and not as part of the problem

Measuring the 'real' cost of children: A net wealth approach

This paper questions the basis upon which children are considered to be a 'cost' and estimates that children 'cost' at most $1,300 per annum, and may even lead to an increase in net wealth

The relationship between public housing wait lists, public housing tenure and labour market outcomes

Using WA Department of Housing and Works data this report constructs income and employment profiles for public housing tenants from the date of first appearance on wait lists, through entry into public housing to the most current recorded income and employment situation

Housing assistance and economic participation

This report discusses the ways in which housing assistance programs impact economic participation outcomes, notwithstanding the intermediary variables such as 'health' and 'neighbourhood'

What has determined longer run trends in Public Housing tenants' employment participation 1982-2002?

In the twenty years 1982-2002 the employment participation rate of all working age persons has increased with a particularly sharp increase in participation rates among women residing in households that are buying their home

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