In this paper, the authors examine the validity of the long-run assimilation claim by assessing how migrant mothers fare for up to two decades after arrival in the host country as a result of a stricter welfare policy.

Australian attitudes towards women remain more conservative than in many other OECD countries. This study uses directly assessed normative attitudes, based on nearly two decades of nationally representative household survey data, to consider the role played by peer gender norms.

This paper explores the different approaches and implications for the taxation aspects of trade and investment relations between Australia and its tax treaty partners.

Recent years have seen increased interest in the effect of female board members on firm performance. Using event studies and regression analyses, the authors of this paper demonstrate that there is little evidence that female board representation affects firm performance.

Australian states and territories independently implemented school closures as part of Australia’s successful COVID-19 elimination strategy. In this paper, the authors estimate the causal effect of pandemic school closures on standardised test scores in Australia, using variation in the length of school closures.