This research explores new frontiers in gender equity research by focusing on motivational factors and behavioural insights to understand why businesses, particularly small businesses, may act (or not) to close the gender pay gap and to tailor policy tools. The report offers a firm-level analysis of the gender pay gap and investigates how cultural norms...

This report presents a series of models for rolling out ‘navigators’ to help people with a disability to plan services and connect with local providers. The report finds that navigators have the potential to improve access to services and ensure higher-quality services are delivered. An effective navigator model could also save up to $5.2 billion...

The care sector plays a pivotal role in our everyday lives, in our communities and in the economy. As the care sector becomes a larger part of the economy, the authors of this report argue that innovation in the sector is becoming increasingly important.

The authors of this report argue that Australia continues to lag behind other developed countries, in terms of the labour force participation of women, with policy settings around paid parental leave and child care undermining progress.

The analysis undertaken for this report suggests that Australia can address our economy's current and future skill needs by closing the gap between the number employed and hours worked of men and women across our economy.