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Life Course Centre
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course
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Working paper
Who’s declining the “free lunch”? New evidence from the uptake of public child dental benefits
This paper provides the first evidence on the determinants of uptake of two recent public dental benefit programs for Australian children and adolescents from disadvantaged families.
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From intentions to implementation: improving alignment between domestic and family violence policy aims and actions
This paper presents a critical discourse analysis of Queensland’s Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) Strategy, and related policy documents, to examine whether public policy barriers exist in Queensland’s approach, and their potential to impact on policy outcomes.
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Nappies, books and wrinkles: how children, qualifications and age affect female underemployment in Australia
This paper examines the factors contributing to female underemployment across Australia. ‘Underemployed’ in this document refers to females in part-time employment, who, if given the choice, would take on more hours of paid employment relative to their current hours.
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Marital dissolution and personal wealth: examining gendered trends across the dissolution process
This study examines personal wealth changes over the dissolution process, starting up to three years prior to separation and until 15 years after legal divorce.
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Does female breadwinning make partnerships less healthy or less stable?
This paper examines whether female breadwinning makes partnerships less healthy or less stable, using recent U.S and Australian data.