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Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
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CAEPR
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The economic and social benefits of increasing Indigenous employment
Using the latest available data and research, this paper provides estimates of the likely economic and social benefits of increasing Indigenous employment to the same level as in the non-Indigenous population.
Working paper
Engaging Indigenous economy: a selected annotated bibliography of Jon Altman’s writings 1979‒2014
This annotated bibliography aims to summarise many of the themes to which Jon Altman, foundation director of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, has dedicated his career to date.
Working paper
Indigenous employment and businesses: whose business is it to employ Indigenous workers?
This paper reveals that Indigenous businesses have substantially better outcomes for Indigenous employment than non-Indigenous businesses and documents how Indigenous employment is concentrated in larger businesses in particular industry sectors.
Working paper
Developing a behavioural model of school attendance: policy implications for Indigenous children and youth
To design policies that maximise the chances that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) students will attend school on a given day, it is important to have a detailed understanding of how Indigenous students make the decision about whether to attend. In this paper, four data sets are analysed to shed light on the attendance...
Discussion paper
Lessons from a history of beer canteens and licensed clubs in Indigenous Australian communities
This paper aims to provide historical depth to the idea that alcoholic drinks should be made available in licensed canteens or clubs in discrete Aboriginal communities.