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Policy report
Insights from the first six months of JobKeeper
Publisher
Income support
Welfare recipients
Economic stimulus
Government expenditure
Labour market
Australia
Resources
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 Insights from the first six months of JobKeeper
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Insights from the first six months of JobKeeper (executive summary)
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372.22 KB |
Description
This report presents the Australian Treasury's analysis on the first six months of the JobKeeper payment (to 27 September 2020), reflecting on the design and initial impacts of JobKeeper as a key element of the federal government’s macroeconomic response to COVID-19.
The report draws on ongoing analysis undertaken by Treasury throughout 2020 and 2021 on JobKeeper and macroeconomic developments.
The report is divided into five sections:
- Section 1 outlines the development of JobKeeper, including the economic and health context in which JobKeeper was developed, JobKeeper design features, and changes made to the policy over time.
- Section 2 provides updated summary program data on JobKeeper recipients.
- Section 3 provides analysis on the economic effect of JobKeeper.
- Section 4 discusses analysis on JobKeeper and business-level performance.
- Section 5 outlines future evaluation and audit activities planned for JobKeeper.
Related Information
The JobKeeper payment: three-month review https://apo.org.au/node/306989
Publication Details
Copyright:
Commonwealth of Australia 2021
License type:
CC BY
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
13 Oct 2021
