Report
Buying better income taxes with land taxes
Everyone wants people off welfare and into a job. But how does our tax system help? This report explores effective marginal tax rates (EMTRs) and how they act as a disincentive to workers starting or increasing work.
Discussion paper
A tax shift for our future
Prosper Australia believes it’s time to talk about a tax shift for Australia's future. This discussion paper aims to kick start the debate.
Report
Melbourne’s pandemic rental dynamics: an (un)natural experiment in excess supply
This report examines the consequences for housing costs of population change and housing construction in Melbourne over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discussion paper
Planning deregulation, housing supply and affordability: what if land markets are monopolies?
The aim of this discussion paper is to clarify and communicate the current debate and scholarship on planning deregulation, particularly rezoning, as the policy solution to housing affordability.
Report
Staged releases: peering behind the land supply curtain
This report investigates the rate of lot sales in nine major master-planned housing developments. The research reveals a 'staged release' approach that responds to price growth, but appears crafted to avoid supply-led price declines.