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Rachel Ong ViforJ
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Rachel Ong
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Gender Equity Insights 2016: inside Australia's gender pay gap
Seeks to add to and strengthen the evidence base that exists around gender pay gaps throughout Australian workplaces.
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Making connections: housing, productivity and economic development
In the past, housing policy-makers have argued that housing is a social, rather than an economic, investment. However, problems with the housing market may be constraining national growth and imposing costs on the public purse (e.g. homelessness impacts on health budgets). Published research suggests a range of potential links between housing and economic growth. For...
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Is de-concentrating social housing a useful policy to promote wellbeing?
With the exception of inner city areas, higher ‘tenure diverse’ areas have relatively high concentrations of low-income renters (both social and private renters) compared to the average, meaning they tend to be poorer. Key Points
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Addressing recurring or protracted episodes in housing affordability stress 2001–11
This study utilized the first 11 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia (HILDA) Survey to track individuals’ tenure transitions and housing affordability dynamics over the period 2001–11. The study used the widely recognized definition of ‘housing affordability stress’, where an individual’s housing costs exceed 30 per cent of their equivalised income...
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Factors shaping the dynamics of housing affordability in Australia 2001–11
This study utilized the first 11 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia (HILDA) Survey to track individuals’ tenure transitions and housing affordability dynamics over the period 2001–11.